woah! octodon.social blocks fosstodon.org? (and blob.cat apparently)
That's kind of depressing, that was the first mastodon instance I joined.
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@swiley Its pretty absurd the levels blocking has gotten. Usually its done under threat as many people demand you block a laundry list of instances lest be blocked.. it snowballs quick where instances wind up blocking instances just not to get blocked by what few instances can still see them. Its why we are so resistance to going down that very slippery slope here.
It seems to be a pretty big portion, and sadly there are very few instances that have local moderation rules and a polite environment but themselves are not block happy. Its so rare in fact that its been the main attractive feature QOTO presents to new users in my expiernce.
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@freemo
> Its so rare in fact that its been the main attractive feature QOTO presents to new users in my expiernce.
it was one of the main reasons i've joined here. i have some years ago created an account at another server but never used it really.
when deciding to really invest some time into the fediverse, i looked at their block list, half of the blocks were because of "free speech". unsurprisingly, unsavory posts about right-wing people or the police were no problem on that instance. while any instance is free to block whomever they want to, it's a shame that so many people fall for the doublethink.
i get why people want a "safe haven" where they don't have to deal with ugly real life shit. a closed web forum might be better than a federated microblogging protocol for that though.
The safe haven part isnt an issue, I get that. Which is why we have account-initiated instance blocks. Each user is still free to create their own safe bubble as they see fit and I would never hold that against a user.
The issue is more so the inverse, where someone holds it against some user or server for **not** blocking someone.
@freemo
i was more going for "i want a safe-space-community-thing". why federate if you just want to talk to people of a really narrow mindset ๐คท
> The issue is more so the inverse, where someone holds it against some user or server for **not** blocking someone.
it's racketeering. funny that those who think they are right always use those methods.
@mathlover @swiley