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(Edit 2: Removed defederation part as it’s not really required. The email analogy blackcoffee@beehaw.org suggested has been added, thanks!)

(Edit 3: Here’s another version making the interconnectivity a bit clearer and mentioning some cool-looking reader apps that have been suggested! Also made the image slightly longer for ease of viewing. I might do some small cosmetic changes tomorrow)

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[-] WindInTrees@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Related question for all you experts: if I have an account on both (for example) lemmy.ml and lemmy.world, what is effectively the difference between them if I can view content from any federated instance?

[-] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

AFAIK, the difference is mostly in the performance, moderation, and peering of each instance.

[-] WindInTrees@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I see, so...

  • If the instance my account is on is down or slow, I may not be able to log in.
  • Only moderators from my account's server can take action against me? This seems... potentially problematic, unless the moderators from federated instances are all in communication with one another? E.g. if I'm a problem on one instance but not my home instance, is there nothing the moderators on the non-home instance can do?
  • Could you elaborate on peering? Does that refer to which Fediverse apps a Lemmy instance can communicate with?
[-] yukijoou@fedi.kemonomimi.gay 1 points 2 years ago

@WindInTrees@beehaw.org @1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org

Only moderators from my account’s server can take action against me?

as someone running a fediverse instance: not really... I can "ban" you from my instance, so that people from my instance can't see your post/follow you/interact with you, or delete specific posts from you, so that they don't show up on my instance. but i can't completely remove your account: anyone from any other instance can still see your account and follow you.

if i believe you did something really wrong and should be banned, i'd contact your instance's admin to take actions against you. if they don't comply and i believe it's causing too much issue, i can mute or "defederate" your instance. muting means posts from your instance won't be visible to people on my instance unless they specifically look up your account by name, and defederation makes it so that my instance pretends yours doesn't exist, and will refuse to lookup anyone from your instance, or let anyone from your instance follow some of my instance's people and so on!

hope this helps :3

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