A community index of servers added a new rule recently, that requires every participant to defederate from Threads. Some admins are unhappy.

Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.

  • pingvenoEnglish
    525·
    3 months ago

    Sure, but this is Mastodon, not murders. Much lower stakes.

    • underisk
      283·
      3 months ago

      if the stakes are so low then blocking them is as low-stakes as not, so why make a fuss about it?