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Top 200 Defederated instances from the Fediverse (May 2024) (links.hackliberty.org)

submitted 5 months ago by WebWizard@links.hackliberty.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's the number of instances that have blocked them.

Accounts can't defederate afaik. There's a way to block instances on some apps, but it's client-side and really just hides posts from that instance.

[-] hellofriend@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Awesome, thanks for the explanation :) Now I'm curious as to what poa.st did/does to be so reviled

[-] GarfGirl@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

they're pedophile nazis who do harassment campaigns against minorities basically

[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't know the whole deal with them, but off the top of my head I know it's a very far-right social media site that was fairly mainstream for a while. It got a lot of media coverage after getting hacked, so I guess a lot of people ended up blocking it once they heard of it.

I don't know the full story. They were probably just a bunch of trolls like a lot of the other instances.