Let's see if this works? :)

Ocasio-Cortez SUED Following Trump Court Loss Stating Politicians CANT Block People On Twitter - YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=K0RuGF6DOo via @GabDissenter

@robcolbert For a free speech instance you guys you seem to be pretty pro block. I mean hell you even suspend accounts who criticize gab on gab pretty liberally I hear, seen a few examples of gab blocks that looks pretty frivolous.

I mean its cool if thats the stance your instance has on moderation. But I'm not sure its fair to keep flying the free speech banner then either.

@snder @freemo
I don't get it. I see you guys here. How does instance blocking work?
Pretty new to Mastodon.

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@Jaycephus
Depends there are two levels silencing and suspending. With silencing a person wont show up in federated timelines and cant message or talk to people unless they follow them first. With a suspension you cant interact at all, not even follow.

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@freemo @snder
Then I still don't understand your attack on @a and Gab.
We are communicating. In what way are you blocked?

@Jaycephus
I cant speak for quey, only my own statement.

For my part I saw multiple people on Gab get their account suspended shortly after criticising gab but otherwise not being abusive.

When I saw this i didnt want to jump to conclusions so I tested it myself. I created a account on gab and made a post which was intentionally polite, but otherwise criticizing gab (said something to the effect of "My initial impressions of gab suggest the rumors are true, I'm seeing a lot of unsavory behavior here". The account was suspended within an hour of that post. To me this was the confirmation I needed that Gab was block-friendly.

Lets also not forget that the CEO himself has threatened on at least one occasion to block the entire fediverse. Not sure if that post is still up but I did see it when he made it.

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