Lately we have been dealing with a few abusive members from Feddit.nl and we were unable to get in touch with the instance administrator.

Part of the problem is the instance’s open registrations which do not require you to enter an e-mail address during signup. This in combination with an inactive admin is a recipe for abuse.

We hope this is only temporary but we have to do this to protect our users.

Edit: we use fediseer, have a look https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/lemmy.world

Edit 2: We got in touch with the Feddit.nl admin. Email requirements were added to the sign-up process and we’re setting up a communication channel. So that means we are federating with Feddit.nl again!

  • Clbull@lemmy.world
    512·
    1 year ago

    Dunno why you’re being downvoted. Defederation feels like a gung-ho way of handling content moderation issues that centralized platforms would be able to directly solve.

    • PrinceHabib72@lemmy.world
      57·
      1 year ago

      It is a gung-ho way, but I understand why I’m being downvoted. People hear “I want to have the ability to view anything” or “I don’t like being told what I can or cannot view on the internet” as “I want to view CSAM” or “I am actually a Nazi”, which should result in an emotional reaction. It’s just not what I’m saying.

      • Clbull@lemmy.world
        44·
        1 year ago

        The problem is that the fediverse is an unmoderated mess, especially with how Lemmy and Mastodon are currently set up.

        What’s stopping griefers from setting up a brand new instance to spam existing communities with CP?

        Of course you speaking bad about the fediverse = downvotes because you’re mainly talking with fanboys.

        • Antik 👾@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          1 year ago

          What’s stopping griefers from setting up a brand new instance to spam existing communities with CP?

          Nothing! But how are you agreeing with PrinceHabib who’s saying that should that happen it would be up to him to decide whether or not he wants to see that. Skipping over the fact that the illegal content would be hosted on several instances.

          Of course you speaking bad about the fediverse = downvotes because you’re mainly talking with fanboys.

          Show me one Lemmy admin that would disagree with your statement about Lemmy being an unmoderated mess? Every instance admin has been asking for better tools from the Lemmy devs for months.

        • PrinceHabib72@lemmy.world
          31·
          1 year ago

          I completely agree. Believe me, I get why the admins are making the choices they are. In the current situation of how the fediverse works, it’d be stupid not to act. I just hope that it’s able to be addressed- no more proliferation of CSAM through duplication on every instance, better moderation, more control- so that defederation doesn’t have to be used in these situations.