@qooqie to FediverseEnglish • 6 months agoShould instances defederate with other instances anymore if we can filter instances out on our end?message-square121arrow-up1127arrow-down115
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareShould instances defederate with other instances anymore if we can filter instances out on our end?@qooqie to FediverseEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square121
minus-square@AsudoxlinkEnglish7•6 months agoWhen you block the instance, it’s only visible on your client. The fact that they still are federated and content from them is mirrored on your local instance stays unchanged. So they still should defederate with such instances.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•6 months agoSo defederating is only useful as a way to save storage space?
When you block the instance, it’s only visible on your client. The fact that they still are federated and content from them is mirrored on your local instance stays unchanged. So they still should defederate with such instances.
So defederating is only useful as a way to save storage space?
Yeah, pretty much.