blocked by mastodon.art, NOT blocked by the People's Republic of China

RE: https://social.translunar.academy/objects/f3bcc1a7-1460-4648-a440-954eb972d37b

@winter@social.translunar.academy Why are you blocked by mastodon.art anyways?

@sorrowl their admin blocks practically everyone. they probably block us because she hates the instance I used to be an admin of (disqordia.space), and hates everyone who ever interacted with that instance's creator even one time (for example her current crusade against Calc and all of firefish)

@winter@social.translunar.academy Yeah, I heard something about their feud with Calc, but didn't know they were this aggressive in blocking.

@sorrowl @winter if only you knew how bad things really are

@7666

While im pretty sure mastadon.art is one of the heaviest blocking instances, this isnt very accurate.

The tool is grossly inaccurate simply because if an instance is blocked and then later unblocked, the list doesnt remove it. So the numbers are usually significantly inflated.

You can get an idea though of the real numbers by looking at the timestamps and seeing the last time the block was observed.

@sorrowl @winter

@freemo @sorrowl @winter bud, the VAST majority of those blocks are valid as of today. Like, 97%. That's not "grossly inaccurate". 3% error's pretty decent.

also keep in mind a block is still a block even if it got rolled back by the tyrant's mercy at a later date (paid off? groveled?

@7666 @sorrowl @freemo @winter they blocked my old domain because I interacted with the usual suspects. Changed the domain because .dev is prettier and somehow they haven’t blocked the new one lol

@feinzer @sorrowl @freemo @winter buddy you just CC'ed a former disqordia admin in this thread it's fucking over

@7666 @feinzer @sorrowl @freemo you're all on borrowed time now that you've talked to me once :FunamiYui:

@winter @sorrowl @7666 @freemo I can't count the number of times I've interacted with a mastodon.art user... Mostly because I've never done it.

Blocking that much means even if I'm not specifically blocked by them, their federation reach still sucks LMAO. I've even seen previous users that switch instances and instantly get federated everywhere.

So yeah, at the time I got mad because I'm a single user instance dude, like, I just wanted interaction. But now I don't really care, my feed has been federating enough to keep me entertained

@feinzer @sorrowl @7666 @freemo @winter i used to follow a couple artists there until recently

that said, in typing this reply it occurs to me i've literally followed more artists on tumblr in the past month than i have on .art the whole time i've had this account (and it's not impossible that i've followed more artists on tumblr in the past 2 months than on .art ever)

@apophis @sorrowl @7666 @freemo @winter yeah. And many switch instances anyway because .art is basically drama discussions 24/7

Not a day after putting Kainoa (firefish dev) on blast because he boosted a post from eris. Not even a day after that, the admin was having beef with fucking stux from mstdn.social. I think it’s impossible to be on .art and avoid just having drama shoved to your face lol

@feinzer @sorrowl @7666 @apophis @freemo also she'll ban you for using gimp

@winter @feinzer @7666 @apophis @freemo @sorrowl are you fucking serious

@meadow @feinzer @sorrowl @7666 @freemo @winter didn't the last wave of drama start because a .art user was banned for posting about using that program?

@apophis @feinzer @sorrowl @7666 @freemo @winter i heard whispers of about that but didnt know the details. it sounds unbelievably absurd. the fediblock crowd really parodies itself huh

@meadow @apophis @7666 @feinzer @freemo @sorrowl @winter yeah, she banned a .art user who mainly spoke Spanish and barely any english for talking about using GIMP "because it's an ableist slur" and this poor guy didn't even know about it being a slur because it's an English word and wasn't given a chance to explain himself or anything