Bob K Mertz

It’s certainly a difficult topic for sure. You’re absolutely right about amputation but in those cases you make absolutely sure that the infection is indeed a problem.

To me it’s also telling that any time and instance on both Lemmy and Mastodon ask their users this question it’s invaded by people from other instances that become the strongest vocal opposition. It really makes me feel like there’s a very loud minority that is more intent on making others see their way than they are the actual will of the people. That’s not to say they don’t have valid points but they make it really hard to judge the actual pulse.

Reality is that I’d probably not leave lemm.ee if you defederate immediately because of the UI differences that you mentioned but when it comes to Mastodon I think it’s a bigger deal. You’ve so far shown that you’re acting as a great admin so I have trust that you’ll make the right call - whatever that is.

Ahh yea… Now it feels just like Reddit.

I’m not here to argue. I was asked for my opinion and I gave it.

I despise Facebook and have distanced myself from their products for well over a decade. That being said, I can’t support punishment for pre-crime especially when we are the ones pushing for open communication and power of the people. To me, defederating from threads before they do anything wrong is very hypocritical and giving them ammunition against Lemmy, etc. The media isn’t going to listen to us, they are going to listen to Meta when they say that they wanted to open up their borders and we slammed the door shut.

In short, defederating immediately means we are the ones breaking federation.