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I'm new here myself but as I understand it, defederation essentially separates that instance from the rest of the "lemmy-verse" by not allowing users created on that instance to interact and post to other lemmy instances.
You can still go to exploding heads and create a user there to post within that space. That user just won't be able to interact with other lemmy instances that don't federate to it. Maybe it's less censorship and more of a refusal to associate with certain content.
Someone more knowledgeable please feel free to correct any errors, lol.
I tried going to https://infosec.pub/c/censorship@exploding-heads.com and it was empty except one post. shortly after I posted this it looked like their whole instance went offline though. something is glitching, sometimes I can see all the posts when reloading, but usually not
Infosec.pub is the lemmy instance where I created my account and is different than the exploding heads instance. If you want to see that content, go to https://exploding-heads.com/c/censorship
right, but you cant interact unless you create an account there, thus fragmenting the 'fediverse'
I don't see it any differently than a subreddit being banned, at least those users still keep whatever content and community they created. Defederation is just a moderation tool. At the very least, it appears there is consensus among admins and user polls in some instances before defedersting.
Well ,if your home instance is defederated, you're essentially blocked from another instance, not just a community.
It's no small thing to defederate, beehaw has many communities, all not accessible across Lemmy now