#help needed #mastodon #mastohelp
I notice that in the past I created another #account on @frayoshi@mograph.social which I would like to move to this one.
One #problem: the other account is like 20 minutes newer than this and more over, I'm not actually "moving from" that one, but want just to redirect like if I was moving from there.. Not sure if this is the correct procedure.. I was going to delete it, but then I read that the account handle will no longer be usable and I want to keep my doors open :blob3c:
#help needed #mastodon #mastohelp
@frayoshi @frayoshi@mograph.social
Usually I'd say 'use the move feature' since that can be undone easily. But I see that mograph.social seems to be blocking qoto.org, so that won't work.
Best you can do is just put in your profile description that you're active on qoto.org.
#help needed #mastodon #mastohelp
oh... that's sad @trinsec ! I wonder why 
Great advice, didn't think about it!! 
#help needed #mastodon #mastohelp
@frayoshi Some instances block other instances if the other instances federate with yet other instances that would break their rules.
It doesn't make much sense because anything we would boost from the rule-breakers wouldn't reach them anyway because they get blocked.
But I see in their blocking reason references to kiwifarms and gab, but they have not been federating in the Fediverse for a while now, so it's an ancient relic from the past.
Is qoto blocked?
@mandaroza We must've missed it. November was crazy busy with so many people joining.
@mandaroza But I think that was already answered before, when I look back?
@trinsec you may be able to see replies that I can't. On my timeline, there is no reply to that Q.
@mandaroza No, that Q itself didn't get a response. But if you look back in the thread, you can see frayoshi talking about mograph.social, right? Qoto is indeed blocked by mograph.social.
Well, that thread was about mograph.social, so we wouldn't have known how to correctly answer your question to begin with. There is always a server blocked by some other server somewhere on the Fediverse.
But if you go to the About page of mastodonapp.uk which you can find here: https://mastodonapp.uk/about you'll see when you scroll beyond the server rules to 'Moderated Servers', that qoto is indeed blocked by them.
Including the reason they gave. Which, as you can see, is not quite correct as Qoto does not allow for hate speech and is actively moderated.
Sadly, this is something we cannot help with, as our latest attempt to contact admins of other servers that blocked us had quite a big backlash.
Hope this answers your question?
@trinsec Thankyou, the problem is diving into Mastodon is like entering a river with a strong current, you have no idea of where you are, as soon as you are in, you are swept away. I assumed it would be easier to find my way around. Thankyou for the links.
No problem. The decentralized nature of the Fediverse has its advantages and disadvantages. If you go into the technicalities, the learning curve starts to be a bit steep. For 'just using it', it's alright, until you start to wonder why some friends can't be found. Then, yes, we get into the nastier details of blocking and all that fun stuff.
Sorry. 😓
@trinsec it was mastodonapp.uk that I was trying to connect with, but they cannot access qoto.org