Comment by sik0fewl@kbin.social on Does anyone know why we’re defederated from beehaw.org?

They posted this on !main.

That’s my point exactly. Their title asks “Does anyone know why we’re defederated from beehaw?” but the majority of people reading this post will be on instances that AREN’T defederated with beehaw. The post needs to say “Does anyone know why sh.itjust.works is defederated from beehaw?”

It’s further exacerbated if you’re using apps that don’t immediately show the instance a post is from

Even so, the image that this post is discussing specifically mentions the sh.itjust.works instance. So even if your app sucks, the linked post gives you all the context you need to understand that this is specifically discussing the sh.itjust.works instance.

That’s a problem with the app not with the OP’s post.

I posted it in the community for sh.itjust.works

They posted on the community for discussing the server they’re on. There’s some onus on you to look at what communities someone is posting to

I mean it doesn’t take much critical thinking to realize defederation is per instance, so mayyybbbeee they’re talking about the instance they’re both part of and posting in.

It takes two seconds to mention the instance when talking about an instance specific topic.

Stop trying to discourage suggestions to improve clarity.

you could also stop browsing other instances main?

Takes 1 second to think about it, even less time

I don’t browse other instances’ main, they show up under All together from any federated instance on kbin.

Ok then understand when you view all instances, you might just see another instance

I’m seeing this from just the All page on kbin. That’s where I find other communities I may want to join.

I have not left my instance to see this post.

Yet this is a post from another instance yes?

So maybe this is where that critical thinking comes in, if you set out to view other instances, don’t be afraid if you just happen upon other instances

This is a Kbin problem with not showing the instance name for communities and users. The solution is for kbin to fix it’s UI not for users to add unnecessary information to their post titles.

I suggest you make a post in the Kbin meta magazine if this bothers you instead of complaining to people who did nothing wrong.

Pretty much everyone is seeing it just by looking at their instance’s homepage, they’re not browsing on sh.itjust.works’s page. If you post on your instance’s main page, then EVERYONE on EVERY instance will see it on THEIR instance’s homepage too. That’s how federation works.

So, in addition to posting in a community specific page I should also clarify for idiots who don’t know how the technology they’re using or who can’t take a moment and think for themselves about what’s flashing on their screens?

You mean if youre viewing all? Then yeah you might get all posts (no friggin way). This is where that critical thinking comes in

You’re suggesting that every single post to this community mentions the instance name?

How did you get ‘every post ever’ from ‘instance specific topic’?

Because this community is the “Home of the sh.itjust.works instance”.

Every post in this community is an instance specific topic. That’s the point of the community.

This is the community for discussing sh.itjust.works. that’s what this whole ass community is

The majority of people are reading this either from Lemmy’s UI, or from some app for Lemmy, both of which clearly show which community+instance this was posted to.

Ask kbin devs to fix their UI and do the same.

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