qooqie@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoShould instances defederate with other instances anymore if we can filter instances out on our end?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down113
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareShould instances defederate with other instances anymore if we can filter instances out on our end?qooqie@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareAsudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 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-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 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.