Turns out I've been trying to go to Mastodon.blue, and not hackers.town.

@LWFlouisa you didnt know this account was hackers.town all this time you've been posting?

@freemo No I knew, it's just that sometimes i still subconsciously try to go to my first Mastodon instance.

@LWFlouisa I think id be more likely to be a red instance guy than a blue if i had to choose. Though I'd rather be on an instance with rules like a red instance but with the concern for others that neither instance type
tends to have.

@freemo That reminds me, am I the only one getting the impression Jimmy Dore doesn't really understand Libertarianism?

I looked up before how Tea Part, for example, while it started out as a version of libertarian, because infiltrated by the far right.

@LWFlouisa Most democrats and republicans who are extremely loyal to their party have little understand of other views. Just the nature of party loyalty i guess.

@freemo I find it difficult to be loyal in either direction. So often I find myself inclined to say "Well it depends" on some hardcore ideologies. In either direction.

@LWFlouisa I think thats the better way to be.

@freemo What is the difference between red and blue instances?

(I'm on a Black instance at the moment, literally.)

@LWFlouisa Blue means censorship. You must follow (usually) strict social standards for interaction and if your views tend to be too distateful for people on an instance you will quickly get banned. Usually all you'd have to do is post a political meme that is pro conservative or critical of the left in any way and a blue instance will quickly ban you in my expiernce.

Red instances are free speech zones and tend to only ban people who are excessively disruptive if they ban people at all.

It is terms for PC vs free speech instances.

@freemo Ah Red seems to be the way to go.

I may be a Left Libertarian, but sometimes you need a bit of Right to keep things in balance.

@freemo Obviously that doesn't mean excessive political incorrectness, just that being to blue or red has their own unique problems.

@LWFlouisa I'd much rather be on a red instance and need to block a few racist pieces of shit than to be on a blue instance and worry about getting blocked over having an opinion.

@freemo Yea Wandering.shop must have been a blue instance then.