Oddbean new post about login | logout @3ec9d23e Lemmy users often claim that defederation is a huge problem and shouldn't be used but I think it's actually quite the opposite, especially as a long time Mastodon user! Instances like Hexbear that spread facist propaganda should be excluded but the center of FOSS communities Lemmy.ml is sadly run by the Lemmy creators who also run Lemmingrad so that's going to be a real challange and causes right wing trash to flood alternatives like Lemm.ee and make those unusable.
@3ec9d23e The thread based model has the side effect of far more federation than something like Mastodon and that causes massive issues with moderation. Furthermore the community rather than account based approach also limits personal liability to some extend which causes people to drop some boundaries. If you want to use a platform like that you basically have to be ready to insult people that do the same to you, it sucks but I can't find a better way to deal with the human trash there.