@arinbasu

Its not all on him, a lot of blame lies in many of the leaders of the community who run large admins who are acting irresponsibly.

@BobKerns

@freemo @BobKerns

Yes, the 'oligarchs'!

@arinbasu @freemo The reason this matters is that the joinmastodon list is not itself federated, but it is what people encounter when they wish to join.

I would not have found it if I had joined a few days later.

And I wouldn’t have been happy with any of the choices I was presented with. That’s not good for the #fediverse, and it’s not good for people fleeing Twitter. Often #qoto is exactly the right place for them.

@arinbasu @freemo (I have plugged qoto on Twitter, and I plan to do so again soon).

@BobKerns

Mucha ppreciated

@arinbasu

@BobKerns @freemo

True. I joined qoto several years ago, when none of these blocks happened. You're spot on, that one cannot find these instances otherwise but here is the thing: it doesn't have to be this way that joinmastodon does not need to play the gatekeeper.

@arinbasu @freemo My promoting #qoto on Twitter is one way to bypass the gatekeeping, and I encourage others to do so as well.

An alternate curated list would also be possible, but a lot of work, and you’d have to find a way to get it front of people who just know “mastodon” and type it into their search bar.