@freemo
I saw this and a few other conversations like it, and frankly it made me feel okay that these folks are not federated with us - if this kind of toxicity and personal insults are what they jump to when they see a polite attempt to communicate, it's unlikely they bring much of value anyway.
@freemo @digital_carver well, at least one academic I follow blocked qoto because of this nonsense. So it is a bit annoying. but I support qoto's position!
Can't win-em-all .... frankly anyone who would block us either doesnt fact-check or is likely to be just plain toxic.. i dont mind addressing the former as best I cann.
@jerlich @freemo @digital_carver So how would you know it was blocked?
The follow button becomes inactive if you are blocked or if you click it it says pending and never goes through.
@freemo @digital_carver Horseshoe theory would suggest that these instances represent the opposite extreme of the fascist servers they seek to block... good chance these are the Stalinist/Maoist/tankie instances and they're actually helping you out here.
@digital_carver I tend to agree, a large portion of tthe instances that block us have a few things in common between them (not all)
- They tend to be very toxic
- They tend to lie or at least dont fact-check gossip they hear (in factt when you ask for sources they will block you for daring to question them)
- They have massive block lists that block the majority of the fediverse.