Hi, just moved to Beehaw and liking the experience and community a lot - this place is so much more chill and civil than reddit.
However, I just discovered that instances can block each other and I dislike the concept. Don’t get me wrong, I like safe spaces and moderation, and that the blocked instances in general are not great. But I dislike that I, as a user, can’t even browse another community just because the admins decided it, and worry that it would just lead to echo chambers and block wars between instances that end up isolating each other.
I think a soft block, where in communities from flagged instances don’t show up by default anywhere, and where users have to explicitly seek them out to browse or subscribe is a much better option.
I am enjoying my time on Beehaw and would like to continue to do so. Is there any option for me to subscribe or browse a community from another instance?
Sometimes communication breaks. There’s many reasons this happens but many times it’s inevitable. If it comes to the point that instances get defederated likely there were attempts to not get to this point, which failed. Might not be convenient to you but it’s how things are. If an instance goes very much against the Beehaw ideals there’s no reason to keep federating it, even if inconvenient, as it would start affecting this instance, go check out the Beehaw philosophy posts for what that is and why.