Hi all, first time posting. I’ve tried googling a bit but its not totally clear to me. Say I have servers A, B, C, and D.
Can servers A and B federate, and then separately C and D federate?
If so, can A B and C be federated, but separately C and D be federated, so D is not recognized as federated for A?
If A, B, C, and D are federated, and it becomes apparent that D is a bad actor, how does D become defederated?
I feel like these kinds of situations are critical to ensure long term success. I really appreciate any answers anyone can provide!
I was just wondering about this too, specifically in regards to small instances. One of the things that interests me about the fediverse is that anyone can spin up a server and participate, but with beehaw defederating instances that don’t share their philosophy about vetting members, I worry that it will become increasingly difficult for individuals to start a new instance without the support of an existing community.
To be clear, I’m not criticizing beehaw. I understand why they made that decision, and appreciate that they acknowledged the downsides involved with defederating. I realize how difficult it is to be inclusive while also protecting vulnerable members of the community.
Does anyone else share my concern? Maybe Lemmy just want designed with the goal of giving individual users that much power/independence?