So I want to make this post because I don’t know why instances, mine specifically, choose to block others. Now, don’t get me wrong that blocking instances that are CP related and anything illegal is something that should and needs to be blocked and/or removed. but if its something like Threads, let me choose to block a user myself, give me the freedom to do so. I’ve seen Brodie Robertson’s video talking about this, and I whole heartily agree with his stance on this where letting the user have the freedom to block a user or instance themselves.
I just feel that some lemmy instances are turning into big tech companies where they are controlling everything, and don’t get me wrong, its their server space, do what you want to do, but at least since you are using foss to run your lemmy server, at least be different then Reddit or YouTube etc. I created a lemmy account just to have a more private experience from Reddit without being tracked all the time. guess I was wrong.
not trying to get on the wrong foot here, I am just a fan of internet freedom, and I think you should have the right to do anything you want online, that’s within legal waters.
Thoughts…
don’t know why instances, mine specifically, choose to block others. Now, don’t get me wrong that blocking instances that are CP related and anything illegal is something that should and needs to be blocked and/or removed. but if its something like Threads, let me choose to block a user myself
I’d suggest looking for another instance or hosting your own - at least you have the choice to do that here. Choose an instance whose policies align with your interests and principles the most
I just feel that some lemmy instances are turning into big tech companies where they are controlling everything, and don’t get me wrong, its their server space, do what you want to do, but at least since you are using foss to run your lemmy server, at least be different then Reddit or YouTube etc. I created a lemmy account just to have a more private experience from Reddit without being tracked all the time. guess I was wrong.
The unpaid volunteers running these servers probably overwhelmingly have no interest at all in tracking any user’s activity, whereas tracking is essentially the business model of actual “big tech” companies like Facebook and Google.
Of course, there is a degree of trust being put into the owner of your instance to not expose or exploit your personal info, which could include your real world location (exposed via IP, or looking at logs to estimate it based on the times you are active), and email address
As a side note, some instances state their policies on log retention on the legal/about page, others have it in the sidebar.
I don’t understand what you’re actually asking? Beyond complaining lemmy instances are becoming “big tech”?
if youre unhappy with the instance you are on defederating, you can create your own instance and federate with whoever you please
I was just wondering why my instance in particular chooses to block threads and instead let us choose to do so. I find it relates to big tech as, it’s there servers yeah, but running Free Open Source Software on top of that. Idk lol. Sorry if this posts seems weird.
You can’t defederate on a per user basis. Its either accept or reject federation from server A to B.
Theres many reasons servers have been defederated, usually due to illegal content.
There was a big backlash on many lemmy instances to Threads federating. The common feel from those discussions was to defederate from any meta owned instances as all it does is give meta tons more data to use. Anyone interested in privacy should be against threads federating
You can ignore instances with the help of apps
I feel like with the data collection part is stupid. If you don’t want your data to be collected, don’t post publicly.
Strange point of view to have on a community about privacy. okthen
You are right. Usually, people know that posting publicly isn’t private anymore.
If you oppose tech giants, then of course these Cloudflare instances are unsuitable and should be avoided:
- lemmy.world ← Cloudflare
- sh.itjust.works ← Cloudflare
- zerobytes.monster ← Cloudflare
- lemmy.ca ← Cloudflare
- lemm.ee ← Cloudflare
- programming.dev ← Cloudflare
- lemmy.zip ← Cloudflare
This has nothing to do with your question about blocked threads, but I gather that you want to avoid the enshitification brought by tech giants, and you are on lemmy.zip. Cloudflare is a walled-garden and exclusive club. Not everyone can access Cloudflare-jailed content. CF also sees your username and password. So I suggest choosing an instance other than the above, and favoring communities that are also not on those instances.
Some free-world non-walled-garden instances are:
- fedia.io
- sopuli.xyz
- beehaw.org
- infosec.pub
- lemmy.dbzer0.com
- slrpnk.net
- links.hackliberty.org
- mander.xyz
They don’t like Big Tech, but want to be federated with Threads. What’s not to understand?
Fucksake
“instances block” because this is lemmy and instances/people would rather become isolated islands that amount to nothing than to have to deal with a few “harmful” comments and “unsafe” spaces. This is the reason why Reddit will win at the end of the day.
