Update from Lemmy after the Reddit blackout (From the Lemmy Developer)

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Good read, gives me a lot of hope for this project.

I look forward to an exciting future with all of you.

(Also- hopefully this wasn't posted already)

https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-06-17_-_Update_from_Lemmy_after_the_Reddit_blackout

This was written by the Lemmy devs.

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It impacts as long as those problematic instances are federated

It impacts as long as those problematic instances are federated

How? Like in what way?

The users, communities and posts of those instances are enabled and pushed to innocent users as well and not just contained on their own "island".

In their own blogs they actually offer the solution to be defederation of harmful instances but nothing is currently happening with the situation.