Agree, it is clever and John Oliver is very sexy.

No preference for me. Either would be good, and both even better.

Making de-federation reciprocal makes sense to me. Just to keep things clean, and to avoid unexpected/weird situations.

Agree. If you defederate, then you shouldn’t be considered a goto for federation. Probably they don’t expect to be either.

I mean to the degree where the communities become unavailable/disappear, instead a limbo state like I think it is currently.

Cool. I like the rules, the local communities, and the vibe!

Clicked the update button too! Hope all goes well! A little worried

Not entirely smooth. It showed my drives as unmountable, but was working. Everything seems in order after a reboot.