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Quokka Jun 25, 2023

Regarding the position of scicomm.xyz on #Meta and in the Fediverse, #FediPact etc.

After discussion between myself and the other mods and considering the views expressed by the people on our instance we have decided that pre-emptive blocking of Meta is warranted.

There is more detail on the background and explanation of this decision in a post on our companion site, here:
https://about.scicomm.xyz/doku.php?id=blog:2023:0625_meta_on_the_fediverse_to_block_or_not_to_block

Thanks to our people for their comments and suggestions to help us reach this decision.

blog:2023:0625_meta_on_the_fediverse_to_block_or_not_to_block [About scicomm.xyz]

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Tim Nolte Jun 25, 2023

@quokka so I wonder, are you also planning to block any other instances that don't block #Meta ? I'm seeing what I would consider some pretty hostile comments and posts to that effect.

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Tim Nolte

@quokka btw, thanks for taking the time to share your article on how your instance arrived at it's decision, and how you are managing things going forward. I appreciate how you articulated the potential negative impacts as well as some potential positives, but ultimately you put your instance users first based on what they expected. The way you are handling it, and have communicated it, feels like exactly the way the #Fediverse was intended to be.