Home of the sh.itjust.works instance.
The instance seems to be mostly right wing trolls. I know defederating is unpopular but I don't think much is to be lost in this case and it can save the mods some headaches.
Edit: the response on exploding-heads.com to my reporting of transphobia. Courtesy of the "second in command"
We should absolutely not turn to defederation as a first action. You know how traditional social media bans opinions that are not acceptable according to themselves?
We must be better than that. It creates a ridiculous otherwise where people think everyone agrees with them and they are never challanged in how they think about things.
I think we should be exposed to different opinions as long as it's within the rules, meaning people must be polite, not hateful, not breaking the law etc.
You say we should be exposed to different opinions as long as it is within the rules and yet this instances most active communities post anti Trans hate and covid conspiracy shit. Surely this goes against our instances rule of no bigotry. Also paradox of tolerance, etc.
If we're losing our minds over ~20 active users, then we have way bigger problems than that instance.
EDIT: Just to be clear, I have no issues defederating with an instance like that. I just don't think it matters much either way.
They've probably gotten more clicks from this thread than they have in their entire existence.
There's no way I'm going to read all of that but I scanned it and caught a "I have many gay friends" and said ayup, there it is.
I'd like to decide for myself what I want to see and what not, as an adult.
Well if the instance defederates then you, as an adult, are free to move instances.
I settled down here, exactly because it only has one blocked instance. The vibes I got when I created my account were "chill place that lets adults curate content themselves". We're free-signup and create our own communities, I doubt the admins here will just go ahead and defederate other instances left and right. I wonder, though, why aren't you on Beehaw? They seem closer to what you're looking for.
I agree holy shit I went there today and there was some hateful af stuff