Can't stop someone from starting up a new instance and federating with your instance.

[oliphant@oliphant.social]

Can't stop someone from starting up a new instance and federating with your instance.

Unless you're in an allowlist cluster (or island network) in which case those people can register all the fuckin' domains they want, and they still aren't taking any part in the conversation.

Island networks are the way you not only tell those people 'no' and they have to STAY out, it's also how you enforce 'rules of federation' for an entire network.

[oliphant@oliphant.social]

The whole premise is pretty funny, though.

"Haha, I spent $15 on a domain name to own you, don't make me do it again, because I totally will."

[oliphant@oliphant.social]

"I'm sorry, I will only get the message if you do that 1,000 more times with 1,000 different domains. Get registering!"

[gildilinie@tech.lgbt]

@oliphant email solved this like two decades sgo... graylisting

[oliphant@oliphant.social]

@gildilinie They literally generate shared blocklist entries doing stuff like this. Like they might get away with it for a short time, but if it's bad enough they'll be on a shared, downloadable blocklist within an hour.

[oliphant@oliphant.social]

@gildilinie I do wish we had a sort of graylist, though, "new federation request from so-and-so server, accept?"

[oliphant@oliphant.social]

Anyway, you're welcome to join ION and see what it's like. It's still small but it doesn't have any issues with rando nazis showing up, and none of the admins there have to spend a single minute reading #fediblock. And all the servers in the network have reply/interaction control enforced, too.

[mitch@posts.dumb.stuff.donaberger.xyz]

@oliphant sorry i'm a dumbo idiot, could i make a second single-user instance and have that connect to ION?

[oliphant@oliphant.social]

@mitch Yes you could!

[oliphant@oliphant.social]

@mitch Instructions for that are also on that page