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1 year agoFor example, you might end up with a group of lemmy instances which refuse to federate with any instances which federate with meta.
Oh how much I hate this mentality.
My morals are so superior that not only will I not be friends with you if you disagree with them, but I won’t be friends with you if you dare associate with anyone that disagrees with my morals either.
As far as I am concerned the fediverse will become the next reddit or facebook as soon as a large enough group starts defederating with instances that refuse to follow its defederation brigades.
Sorry man, we can’t be friends because your friend John doesn’t boycott WorstCompanyEver™. They are fascists and if John supports fascists you must be a fascist too.
As reasonable of a stance as I have ever heard.