• iAmTheTot@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Isn’t the entire point of these platforms and the nature of federation is that they get to decide who they federate with and when, and even why?

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      11 months ago

      Sure. And that the users get to pick their instance based on those decisions.

      Which is what I’m saying I’ll do.

      Problem with that train of thought is you always land in weird anarchocapitalist loopholes. Ultimately there is a level of communal decisionmaking that ends up happening and needs some degree of organization, even if the alternatives are also supported on the fringes.

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        11 months ago

        I’m not telling you not to pick your instance, but I was countering your claim that what they are doing is irrational. Because if it’s irrational, then the very point of these services is irrational.