you can have instances not federate and be invite only.
but thats not what I said, private instances are not the same as private communities. I want to be able to join a private community with my existing account, for example.
break the very core concept of federation
elaborate.
I proposed 3 things. how do they break the very core concept of federation more than having a defederated instance just to host a community, forcing people to make a new account?
sure, i get the private communities is probably difficult to federate. I dont accept that it “breaks the very core concept of federation”.
but community/instance level user blocklists? how could those possibly break the core concept of federation when community banlists exist?
but thats not what I said, private instances are not the same as private communities. I want to be able to join a private community with my existing account, for example.
elaborate.
I proposed 3 things. how do they break the very core concept of federation more than having a defederated instance just to host a community, forcing people to make a new account?
sure, i get the private communities is probably difficult to federate. I dont accept that it “breaks the very core concept of federation”.
but community/instance level user blocklists? how could those possibly break the core concept of federation when community banlists exist?