ety, 10 months ago

@slothrop @Wander

To @ifixcoinops 's point, if defederation was so instant that it...

• did not allow time for the offending instance's moderation team to intercede
• disregarded the rest of the state of the offending instance,
• did not give due notice to affected users to migrate contacts

...then it was probably more reactionary than harm-reductive.

Defederation is a one-way path and instantly breaks connections in a way presently difficult to recover from. Admins should act as such.