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So...how do you get out of a hellthread?
@realcaseyrollins@qoto.org Switch accounts
@NekoAmps Wrong...turns out if I respond then I can mute the conversation.
The permanent solution is probably to block neckbeard tho tbh
@realcaseyrollins @NekoAmps You can Mute the conversation, but if it's bad enough, they will poke you back in new threads for spite.
Best to be away from evil people imo.
I wonder if I angered any of them for some reason. I first ran into neckbeard.xyz when I came across a thread about instance recommendations and claimed that #Gab is a total free speech instance
@realcaseyrollins @NekoAmps A lot of people prefer to have no association with gab or their peripheral instances, as they are perceived negatively.
My own opinion of them is not favourable, ans I have chosen to not federate with them at all. But, that isa personal user choice, and the instance here has connections to them unimpeded.
I just discovered (two days ago in fact) that I could not boost one of my blog announcements from a large instance where I have an account. Dismayed, couldn't see my profile either, or any content here in Qoto.org.
Turns out that instance (a Tech oriented one, to make it worse) has blacklisted Qoto. I read their Terms of Conduct, and it looks like it is because we don't block other instances the local admin has objections to.
So, guilty by association.
I am dismayed -- and plan to write and appeal that, but if this is ithe reason for it, unlikely we could get un-banned. As an author, I find it sad - the place has 20,000 users almost, and a Tech orientation; a perfect public of possible readers for my themed blog.
Once I have made communications with their admin, and whichever the results, I think it will give me material for a reporting blog post. No secrets, just documenting the functioning of the fediverse and these odd things we encounter.
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My opinion is, the quantity of your reach isnt as important as the quality. People who seek out heavily-censored instances like that one are simply low-quality readers. They are likely to bring you more trouble as an audience than benefit.
We see this all the time to celeberties who pander to the far left or far-right (A similar mentality). They say one thing to trigger people and their entire audience base boycotts them and your worse off than before. Best to distance yourself from toxic people like that IMO.
I have never been saddened when an instance frivelously suspends us along with half the fediverse. I see it as a favor, keeps the toxic people far away from us where I like it.
