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@Kwaker76 tldr defederation is disconnecting from the rest of the fediverse (or whatever specific instances you don't want to talk to). I think there are tiers to it but that's the gist.

Some people are salty but beehaw defederated from sh.itjustworks and Lemmy.world as a temporary stopgap until better modtools are available to prevent getting harassed.

What would you do if your instance gets defederated? in c/fediverse@kbin.social

[–] polaroid@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I have multiple under the same username too but I still fear for when it might be taken, for example x_x aaah

I hope people develop a transfer option soon (with limitations of course).

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What would you do if your instance gets defederated? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by polaroid@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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I'm just curious, since I tend to get attached to my accounts but I also like having access to all information so I don't want to use a defederated instance. If, say, kbin got overrun by bad actors and was defederated by everyone else, is the only option to jump ship? Unfortunately I don't have the capability to selfhost or I would to avoid such problems.

What are your contingency plans if such a thing occurs?

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🌈Is the fediverse confusing you? ELI5: fediverse for dummies🌈 (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by polaroid@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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🌈Is the fediverse confusing you? ELI5: fediverse for dummies🌈

Try thinking of it like the edit: EU. Each instance (lemmy.ml, lemmy.world, kbin, beehaw, etc) is its own separate 'state' with its own rules and regulations. When federated, these 'states' talk and share content with each other. When defederated, they do not continue to talk between each other. You cannot log into another state/instance using your state/instance's credentials, but you can see and interact with content from another state/instance.

The beauty of federation is that each instance can choose which they do and do not wish to share content/associate with.

Also, translation for ex-redditors:

subreddit = lemmy community = kbin magazine

kbin/lemmy = reddit clone

mastodon = twitter clone

You can currently connect through any of the above using whichever instance layout you prefer (reddit-like or twitter-like), though given that it's all very in beta (early on) things will be buggy. ETA: there are, of course, more, but these are the ones I'm most familiar with currently

I hope this helps!

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