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It is fucking WILD to me that an instance ban on a completely other instance can result in post removals in other instances (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/rant@lemmy.sdf.org
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@evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org complained about this the other day, but I just experienced it first-hand.

A lemmy.world user got instance-banned on lemmy.world, and the result was their post in one of my communities created and based on lemmy.sdf.org got automatically removed. How the fuck is that a sanctioned inter-instance functionality?

That's absolutely squirrel turds to me. It sort-of makes sense if my own instance admin were to ban that user, but reaching across instance lines to nuke posts is just wild. That feels like it blurs the lines of what federation should entail, and also is just rife for abuse.

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[–] 2 points 2 days ago

I could see this happening again. Admin takes work. If you trust another instance admin, you might replicate their ban actions automatically. Done in the name of efficiency, but has the potential for abuse and mistakes.

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