Good question! By and large, some of the following would count as a "strike":
Poor moderation
Excessive spam
Most importantly: Making non-backwards compatible changes to the ActivityPub specification that may lead to the classic "Embrace, extend, extinguish" situation
As Meta’s new App Threads has now launched, it's important that I definitively state our stance on blocking federation with Meta if they choose to adopt ActivityPub:...
I've created an official Kbin Cafe Mastodon account, for cases of slower federation, server migrations and other redundancy. Later today, I'll sort out links on the homepage so we can verify ourselves. For now, if you've been enjoying your time here or want to keep updated, give us a follow at https://mastodon.social/@KbinCafe...
Kbin Cafe is now using Cloudflare for content delivery. This should speed the website up by a small margin, especially for those far away from our server location (Virginia, U.S.)....
I've been trying to optimize for the potential influx of people moving off of Reddit in the coming days, and this was one of the steps I took. I doubt Cloudflare will remain permanent, especially with the above concerns in mind.
When I moved us, I also updated our Privacy Policy detailing the use of Cloudflare.
Either way, I haven't seen any underlying federation issues, just slowness in receiving all activity on a post, which has been a hallmark of a lot of servers lately with the Lemmy 0.18 bug and Kbin.social queues being inundated.
I'll continue to keep an eye on the situation and adjust as necessary. Disabling the CDN is only a flip-switch in our domain registrar. ;)
I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is willfully blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the...
Kbin Cafe: 99 Users and Some Updates for What Lies Ahead (kbin.cafe)
Hopefully everyone in the northern hemisphere is having an eventful summer. Stay cool!...
99 Users and Some Updates for What Lies Ahead (kbin.cafe)
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Kbin.cafe on Blocking Meta's New Threads App (kbin.cafe)
For those who aren't aware, Kbin Cafe is a Kbin instance I run. Cross-posting our stance on Threads for visibility....
On Blocking Meta's New Threads App (kbin.cafe)
As Meta’s new App Threads has now launched, it's important that I definitively state our stance on blocking federation with Meta if they choose to adopt ActivityPub:...
Kbin Cafe Official Mastodon Account (kbin.cafe)
I've created an official Kbin Cafe Mastodon account, for cases of slower federation, server migrations and other redundancy. Later today, I'll sort out links on the homepage so we can verify ourselves. For now, if you've been enjoying your time here or want to keep updated, give us a follow at https://mastodon.social/@KbinCafe...
Kbin Cafe Is Now Using Cloudflare (kbin.cafe)
Kbin Cafe is now using Cloudflare for content delivery. This should speed the website up by a small margin, especially for those far away from our server location (Virginia, U.S.)....
Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances (kbin.cafe)
I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is willfully blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the...
Kbin Cafe Updates - Federation, community spaces and more (kbin.cafe)
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Welcome to Kbin.cafe! (kbin.cafe)
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