Just to give you an idea of how bad the whole "we block anyone who doesnt block who we block" has gotten, someone sent me this:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/74474015
I would **love** to give M.A a script that goes over all the instances in the fediverse and alerts them of every instance that doesnt follow the exact same block list as them and spit it out. I'm sure they will realize they have to block 99% of the fediverse... its getting laughable at this point.
@freemo at that point forget about federation and simply run an old fashioned forum.
QOTO: Question Others to Teach Ourselves
An inclusive, Academic Freedom, instance
All cultures welcome.
Hate speech and harassment strictly forbidden.
@gpowerf yea, or just make it whitelist instead of blacklist (thats a feature) and create your own isolated clique.