I agree with this. There will still end up being a good chunk of moderator discretion, but maybe we can come up with some checks for that? Something that distributes the decision making power beyond just one mod.
I would agree with you if .ml was run by less authoritarian styled socialists. However I have not found that to be the case. I have found them to be basically just as bad as liberals, and the really bad ones can be just as bad as fascists. Our only common ground is the destruction of the current capitalist system, however that is often times where the similarities end.
Their fanatic support for authoritarian dictatorships, denial of genocides, and open hostility to those that don't follow their beliefs (including towards anarchists) does not make me view them as friends or allies. Those that have not met me with open hostility because I am an anarchist tend to treat me more as a tool to further their own agenda rather than a comrade. That is not a dynamic I wish to be a part of. MLs do not tend to treat us anarchists as equals, instead they tend to treat us as open enemies, tools, or they infantilize us.
As much as I hate the tankie triad and would love to defederate them, I think leaving it up to the users is the beat course of action. However I do believe we should take steps to protect users who join the instance. Possibly providing a warning page about the tankie instances, why they are problematic, why we chose not to defederate, and how users can go about blocking the instances themselves.
However if we can't or won't take those actions to give users the information to protect themselves, I think defederation is the next best option.
I do not believe we ahould remain federated unless we have some form of protection for the instance as well as our users.
Side note: Just want to come in and also say hi to everyone as I have just joined. I've been using the fediverse for a couple years now and just recently swapped from Lemmy (my main instance being slrpnk) to piefed, due to my issues with the lemmy devs. I started on piefed.blahaj.zone as I am familiar with the Lemmy version, but decided to give quokk.au a chance as I prefer anarchist oriented instance (and unfortunately the only other one I have found on piefed is run by the db0 admins who I have issue with as well).
I agree with this. There will still end up being a good chunk of moderator discretion, but maybe we can come up with some checks for that? Something that distributes the decision making power beyond just one mod.