We should defederate from everything which does not agree with my .world view
I will try to formulate this as well as I can:
“One should not give a platform to instances which don’t give a platform to others.”
Examples (based on hexbear):
in some communities you get banned for voting the wrong way -> other instances don’t practise banning for votes
in some communities you get banned for being “reactionary” (that is, factual - Wikipedia would get banned just as quick) -> other instances only ban bigots, not people who politely disagree with locals
in some communities, there is no obvious recourse to get a ban reviewed and reversed -> on other instances, there is a metacommunity about management or instructions about how to challenge a ban
The result: certain instances are granted a platform by others, but aren’t granting a platform to “foreigners” in return. And their management rules are occasionally straight from North Korea.
I will try to formulate this as well as I can:
“One should not give a platform to instances which don’t give a platform to others.”
Examples (based on hexbear):
in some communities you get banned for voting the wrong way -> other instances don’t practise banning for votes
in some communities you get banned for being “reactionary” (that is, factual - Wikipedia would get banned just as quick) -> other instances only ban bigots, not people who politely disagree with locals
in some communities, there is no obvious recourse to get a ban reviewed and reversed -> on other instances, there is a metacommunity about management or instructions about how to challenge a ban
The result: certain instances are granted a platform by others, but aren’t granting a platform to “foreigners” in return. And their management rules are occasionally straight from North Korea.