<![CDATA[What happens if a badly-run server allows bullying, spam or other nastiness?]]>What happens if a badly-run server allows bullying, spam or other nastiness? What if it refuses to respond to abuse reports?

In such cases, other servers' admins can use their ultimate weapon: defederation. Defederation cuts off all communication between the admin's server and the abusive server, and the worst-run servers end up extremely isolated because so many servers have defederated them.

This is why it's always worth telling your server admin if there is bad stuff going on.

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Each server on the Fediverse is totally independent, so each server decides and implements its own defederation policy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/117305116617724217https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/117305116617724217Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:57:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What happens if a badly-run server allows bullying, spam or other nastiness? on Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:11:39 GMT]]>@FediTips I know this because I accidentally stumbled on it and, thankfully for my eyes and supply of eye-bleach, left quite quickly and defederated my lemmy instance from it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116910044435735581/statuses/117304950745264001https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116910044435735581/statuses/117304950745264001Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:11:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What happens if a badly-run server allows bullying, spam or other nastiness? on Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:10:18 GMT]]>@FediTips Also for new instance admins: defederate from detroitriotcity.com! It's a nazi instance for nazis and lolicons

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116910044435735581/statuses/117304945414905438https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116910044435735581/statuses/117304945414905438Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:10:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What happens if a badly-run server allows bullying, spam or other nastiness? on Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:28:42 GMT]]>@ramu @FediTips If an admin is seeing a lot of complaints because another server seems to be a haven for bad actors, they might decide to block the whole instance. Each admin is probably going to have to make their own judgement call about that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/maccruiskeen/statuses/117304781872983337https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/maccruiskeen/statuses/117304781872983337Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:28:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What happens if a badly-run server allows bullying, spam or other nastiness? on Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:22:12 GMT]]>@ramu depends on your server. Also, if it's your own server and there's no one else there it is as democratically as it can be.

@FediTips

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ro/users/petrescatraian/statuses/117304756328032056https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ro/users/petrescatraian/statuses/117304756328032056Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:22:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What happens if a badly-run server allows bullying, spam or other nastiness? on Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:11:28 GMT]]>@FediTips
"Server admin uses Defederation. It is very effective."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/117304714115682933https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/117304714115682933Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:11:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What happens if a badly-run server allows bullying, spam or other nastiness? on Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:01:50 GMT]]>@FediTips

Lol, nerds

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