Mastodon•ART 🎨 CuratorNov 9, 2022

https://www.patreon.com/posts/74436103?pr=true

Public Patreon update about .art's policy regarding the instances we federate with (and stop federating with / fediblock).

Show threadMastodon•ART 🎨 CuratorNov 9, 2022
I've changed one line there. If the community vibe on .art is that you, the users here, would rather we defederate with them, we'll do that.
Show threadMelissa 
@Curator If an instance is defederated, can we still follow its users if we wanted to?
Nov 9, 2022 at 4:14pmWeb
Show threadgray!Nov 9, 2022
@codecat @Curator No. If an instance is defederated entirely, you cannot interact in any way with any users or activity on that instance.
Show threadMastodon•ART 🎨 CuratorNov 9, 2022
@codecat Defederated, no - silenced, yes (silencing is also an option - posts won't show up in public feeds unless you're following that user)
Show threadMelissa Nov 9, 2022
@Curator Silencing would be the preferable option then imo, lots of people's go-to instance is .social and I would be losing a number of good people I'm following :(
Show threadRichard PierceNov 9, 2022
@codecat @Curator agreed with you re silencing but i'm a newbie so obvs don't know that much yet about this place (which i'm finding eye-ooening and refreshing btw).
Show threadNachtherzNov 9, 2022
@Curator @codecat This might be the better option for now, since many new folks just go to the big places like .social first, unless they are following someone else to another instance?