• zephyreks@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Instances defederate from hexbear because of emoji spam more than anything else.

    Defederation because of political views is, frankly, dangerous for democracy.

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      1 year ago

      This isn’t about their political views in particular, this is about them brigading comment sections and derailing from the original topic and shouting down anybody who disagrees.

      Defederation because of political views is, frankly, dangerous for democracy.

      What? This is such a ridiculous claim I’m not even sure where to start. Federation does not equal democracy, and defederation from a shitty spammy instance has zero impact on democracy.