cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/162716
Hello friends, I have been thinking about the defederation issue
I have a satirical post in mind for the subject but a different topic came to mind
what if instead of defederating, a “soft” defederation could be activated, where content basically is not served to users unless they opt in to it
So like say “shhhhhhitjust.works” instance activates “opt in soft defederation”. Exploding Heads posts stops showing up on the instance, but users could still navigate to shhhhhhitjust.works/c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com and choose to subscribe and then stuff would show up
This would allow admins to be able to not promote content they agree with, while allowing users the ability to still interact with content they might approve of agreeing with
thoughts or has someone proposed this already?
we could also call for a new round of soft refederation if this idea is of use to anyone
edit: I suppose I should add I’m not really advocating for soft defederations at all so much as for them over “hard” or “full” defederations as have gone on as they drastically cut off all communication
thanks for adding it on github, I’m glad to see some progress in the discussion
looks like we just need someone to code it and it would become an available tool
I’m curious then on who would want to use the tool(s) if and when implemented: perhaps that discussion could be posted about on various instances that are currently totally defederated with certain platforms?
maybe the “instances” page could also have a list for “soft defederated” instances?
Well, it’s a much-wanted feature, so it will get known with ease, i think.
About the interface, i could think about possibilities but i’d say don’t make it look too complicated if we want to have it soon. ;-)
We now have a page with blocked users and opted-out communities, and there could be another section with opted-out instances. That’s how i would do it but i will not get directly involved in the development.