@mngrif I was kind of surprised by this, but visited and can confirm -- their About-More page has their blocking list and it's pretty extensive.
They list Qoto, and the justification seems to be the same as mastodon.technology -- for federating with instances they disapprove of.
Looks like it might not be due to this latest complaints thread about the subscribing to public posts discussed in other thread yesterday.
@design_RG @mngrif The list seems extensive and arbitrary. Users will eventually notice the disadvantages of being there and leave.
I'm actually kind of comforted by this, and there's no reason to leave QOTO for another instance, since they'll probably eventually make the list anyway.
It's just people crotchety about not being able to admin instances that don't belong to them. It's indeed petty, as people have said.
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I actually have very good relations with the admin over at mastodon.art. She gave me the courtesy of contacting and telling me about the block half a day before they made the announcement.
They were very clear the account subscription had **nothing** to do with their decision. They were simply making an exception for us for a long time due to our good relations but eventually caved to pressure.
It is 100% because of our federation policy though.
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They werent clear about that point, I'm not sure what the source of the pressure was actually. May have been other mods for all I know.
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