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.

@stux I assume you heard they blocked social because they dont block you?

@freemo @stux I don't know who stux is, but their account is apparently hidden by my server's moderator/admin, which makes me sad. I'd like to be able to just....block people I don't like personally? I don't need other people deciding who I should talk to.

@Natsu_Kaze @freemo @stux online freedom of speech is important because of spooks and oligarchs and whatever, but also because there are McDonald’s wagecucks and middle schoolers who want to spin up a discord server and wield their make-believe authority over strangers. On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog… us actual humans need to make it clear that such petty, Reddit-brained, extremely online behavior isn’t acceptable.