I think I understand how the federation system works currently and I’m not sure if I think this is a good thing, but why does federation require the entire link between communities to be broken?

Like say that Community A wants to block out Community B. That’s fine, but can Community B still see posts on A? And if not, why not?

And to go further, if I’m part of Community A and I still want to interact with Community B, why can’t I? Like is there a reason for forcing users to only interact with communities that are federated?

Again, I understand there are restrictions with data and how things currently work. I’m just asking from an abstract perspective about the fundamental ideas.

  • Clears it up a lot, thanks. I was asking because I’m hoping that in the future we can achieve the best community and user experience. So instances blocking each other isn’t the end of the world for users, but is still effective to keep bans in place.