I feel I need to clarify •ART's stance on instance blocks.
•ART's first priority is to the safety and well-being of our users. If there's any way we can accomplish that, we will.
Defederating and active moderation on the instance level allows our users to more confidently exist on Mastodon without fear of harassment from users with harmful ideologies.
Our CoC has always been clear about the type of instances we will defederate with. Many of our users are here because of that mandate.
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@Curator As a fellow instance admin I can agreed with this message that there needs to be some level of mederation and ultimately what level you want determines which instance you want.
I can say that while I completely respect the mods at ART and their decision if anyone is looking for a instance that never blocks other instances, allows people free speech with minimal moderation, but also has an instance with no drama or attacks and everyone gets along and are all very nicer with almost no exceptions, any former ART members are more than welcome at #QOTO
As the team at ART said, there are also other many wonderful instances.
@alexis
To each their own. I'd say welcoming people who need a new home on a server that is donated and paid for with no possible benefit to the owners is more an act of generosity. But if you find such invites unpleasant go for it.
QOTO and ART have had decent relationships in the past. Many former Art users have come to us and we often suggest the art instance to our users looking for an art specific server. We are all just offering charity by hosting servers and welcoming people to use it for free. Part of that is letting people know they are welcome with open arms.
If that upsets you that is your right.
