Admin update - Hexbear Defederated - eviltoast

This is an admin post, intended for blahaj lemmy users. Top level posts from members of other instances will be removed.

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Edit - Hexbear announced plans to deferedate from us.

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After recent events, it feels to me that sentiment has shifted and more people are asking for defederation of hexbear than previously

I’ve been doing my best to try and mend bridges and keep us connected, as it’s my hope that we can maintain trans solidarity and work with them, despite the friction, however, ultimately, I feel that this is an issue for the blahaj lemmy community to decide, not the admins alone

So here’s what we’re going to do

We’re going to leave things as they are for a week. That will give time for things to calm down whilst we see if we can work together. After a week, I’ll put up a vote and get a feel for where the community is at in regards to our continued federation with hexbear. That poll will run for a week. If there is a strong will to defederate (a clear majority), then that’s what we will do

  • Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    It’s too bad that it doesn’t also block comments from users of blocked instances. Isn’t there a uBlock Origin cosmetic filter that does that? Does anybody remember what that was?

    Also, does anybody know of a way to browse two instances as one feed, and easily switch between users? I swore I heard there was some way to do that, but I don’t remember the details.

    • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      It’s too bad that it doesn’t also block comments from users of blocked instances.

      That is indeed my main concern.

      The communities they host may not be my cup of tea (although many are) but I curate my home feed and I’m prepared for literally anything when I browse all.

      The problem is that a number of accounts on that instance seem to have a serious case of “fite me bro” they take into the rest of the system.

    • silent_water [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Also, does anybody know of a way to browse two instances as one feed, and easily switch between users?

      I’ve heard the Liftoff app allows that but I’ve stuck to the webpage installed as an app on my phone so I can’t check to confirm.