Regarding the position of scicomm.xyz on #Meta and in the Fediverse, #FediPact etc.
After discussion between myself and the other mods and considering the views expressed by the people on our instance we have decided that pre-emptive blocking of Meta is warranted.
There is more detail on the background and explanation of this decision in a post on our companion site, here:
https://about.scicomm.xyz/doku.php?id=blog:2023:0625_meta_on_the_fediverse_to_block_or_not_to_block
Thanks to our people for their comments and suggestions to help us reach this decision.
@phil will cryptodon.lol join the #FediPact and refuse to federate with any Facebook/Meta servers?
https://fedipact.online/
@BogDrakonov @phil what is cryptodon's policy in general?
Most instances have policies on what kind they wouldn't federate with. Meta's instance likely would run afoul of those policies anyway. Yet, there is a special discussion. And some of those instances are making an exception for Meta?
More than "fedi might splinter", it looks like Meta has identified some splinters already! Transitive defederation might ensure less splintering.
