Silencing Spinster Instance for all of QOTO, CW for Length
After much discussion among the mod team we've decided to silence the @spinster instance for QOTO users.
We do not take the silencing of an instance to be anything less than totally serious. We have had issues with being silenced and we do not wish to simply ban an instance because they disagree with us.
Abuse and harassment without moderator comment, however, is a different story.
There are many showings of misandry, anti-trans ideologies, and abusive behaviors dressed up in the guise of 'Protecting an Oppressed Class'.
We at QOTO do acknowledge that there are a great many issues facing women in this world, and that indeed the current social structure of society is almost certainly stacked against them, as it is other oppressed and minority groups.
We cannot, however, support an instance that has little to no moderation of it's more extreme elements that cross the lines of understood acceptable behavior on Mastodon.
It is important to note that this is not necessarily a permanent decision. Should Spinster change their moderation stance on their users and begin to better police their instance we will be happy to unsilence and try again to have a relationship with these people who are undoubtedly trying to fight for what they feel is correct.
As I have said before, and will say again:
It isn't what you say that's important, it is how you say it.
Silencing Spinster Instance for all of QOTO, CW for Length
@Mrkhvoice @alex @mk @arteteco I'm assuming this is a continuation of the previous conversation. I'm afraid I haven't seen it until someone else I followed boosted it. My apologies.
Silencing Spinster Instance for all of QOTO, CW for Length
@Mrkhvoice @alex @mk @arteteco At this point, however, I think it best not to dwell on this and to go whatever way you'd like to go.
As I'm sure you've all noticed I still interact with some members of the server, and happily so.
I just only see the people I follow now. So, if you'd like to speak to me directly, I think you can DM me. This is not the solution I personally hoped for, but it is the situation we're in now. The only thing to do is muddle on through and perhaps revisit it at a later date.
I do wish you good luck, and good health in all your endeavors and please let me know if there's something I can do for you.
@SPRENGLARF
No one is blocking, a silence has been set, and the political opinions of anyone were completely irrelevant here
