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      1 year ago

      This isn’t quantum physics, where an instance exists in a superposition of federated and defederated.

      Just because an instance is federated, doesn’t mean they’re linked. Federated means data can by synced across. Linked means that data is being synced across. What is synced depends on what people are subscribed to.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, I am normally a bit pedantic, sorry about that :)

          Yup! That’s exactly right. The only slight correction I can offer is that an instance can have either a blocklist or allowlist, it can’t have both. If an allowlist exists, then anything not on it is implicitly blocked. If it does not, then anything not in the blocklist is allowed. If it has neither, it’s in open federation (everything is allowed).