Because nothing I said was against the idea of decentralization, or promoting people staying on twitter. Defederating is a healthy part of decentralization, and it should be encouraged more as the fediverse grows.

There are many instances worth federating with.

doesn’t mean that these people shouldn’t use the Fediverse in general.

I’m not arguing that at all; defederation does not affect somebody’s ability to host an instance. Everything I said can be equally applied to all communities.

I disagree, I think smaller communities are more sustainable and defederation should occur more, not less. I like discussing common interests and digging deeper into a topic both users have a shared basic understanding of. For example, allowing and even promoting people to come into a community like WomensStuff and argue against some pretty basic feminist ideas is really not what that community is made for. There are so many more examples of this, but without fail the end result is discouragement of minority opinions and people who are truly passionate about their chosen communities.

I always put my hand down, palm up, for a unknown dog to sniff first. If a dog is not very nice, or maybe too anxious at the moment for petting, they’ll mostly ignore it.