Lydia Conwell 

Actually I was wondering what happened to all the defederated #instances.

Because those instances could still federate with each other, so there could be a dark #fediverse, or several, out there.

Is there an anti-fediverse or anti-mastodon or something?

And that would make us the good guys! ... Unless I'm on the wrong one  

#antiverse #antidon #DarkMastodon #DarkFediverse

Nov 15, 2022 at 7:21amWeb
Show threadAngle🖇Nov 15, 2022
@lydiaconwell It's not quite that clear cut. If you set up your own instance you can federate with as many people as you want, for example, so there are still connections between most fediverse nodes, however circuitous they may be. :/
Show threadCat NewsNov 15, 2022
@lydiaconwell one day, when the fediverse is mainstream, I think 'The Anti-Fediverse' would make a great title of bad horror movie
Show threadLydia Conwell Nov 15, 2022
@cat_news Or ... a good one?
Show threadCat NewsNov 15, 2022
@lydiaconwell maybe... or a so-bad-its-good one?
Show threadAndrew AustinNov 15, 2022
@lydiaconwell So there’s a fediverse, & fediworse.
Show threadLydia Conwell Nov 15, 2022
@fastasleepclub Ba dum tss!
Show threadMackajNov 15, 2022
@lydiaconwell There's no reason why alt-right instances, de-federated from the bulk of nodes in this Fediverse can't create their own network of connections and federation. Maybe they already do. I'm not wandering over there to find out though. Wonder what they'd call it? The New Order? 🤔
Show threadStrypeyNov 15, 2022

@lydiaconwell
> what happened to all the defederated #instances.

Keep in mind that defederation is not something the fediverse does to an instance, it's something one instance does to another. So even instances that have been defederated a lot are mostly still connected to each other, and to instances whose policy is to mostly leave muting/blocking decisions to their users. It's the instances who defederate first and ask questions later that tend to end up isolated islands.

Show threadLydia Conwell Nov 15, 2022
@strypey Yes, so all instances are connected via other instances. Like friend of a friend sort of thing.
Show threadStrypeyNov 16, 2022
@lydiaconwell Pretty much. Maybe not all? Some instances have made it a policy not to federate with anyone who doesn't share their entire blocklist. So there might be a few little islands of The Nexus, cut off from the rest of the 'verse. One tool for visualizing this is fediverse.space