The first and only two people I ever needed to block in the fediverse (personal block) just came from spinster.

The reputation of that instance with me is going downhill fast.

@alex @freemo There are a few who are pushing the line, for sure. The way I like to put it is that you can say whatever you want but the way you say it is *very* important.

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. :) I'll let Freemo get to you, though. He's got experience in this regard.

@Surasanji @alex @freemo I would admit there are some very strong opinions coming from those I have spoken to. But I haven't really found anyone to be specifically out of line. But I am not on all that often, and apparently they haven't been able to see my eloquent responses. I guess I just assumed my linguistic skills were so sharp that I simply convinced people to my way of thinking without any need for further response. :)

@Absinthe @Surasanji @alex

@alex Dont worry qoto as an instance wont ban unless a user does not respect a request from our own users to disengage.

The blocks were personal and specifically because once a user was rude and i asked to not be tagged they told me they refused and tagged me some 30 times after. That is literally the only time I would issue a ban. Since it was only the one user and because I made no report it will not however result in an instance silence or ban, you are good.

But please let it be known to your users that if you either avoid ban or continue to engage someone after they explicitly asked to be removed from a conversation, if that becomes a repeated pattern it **will** result in an instance ban (it is pretty much our only rule, no silence/ban evasion, respect a persons right to disengage)

Also as @Surasanji there are a lot of people who do not engage respectfully. While this wouldnt be welcome on QOTO and I do find it disrespectful (and may result in personal bans moving forward) we as an instance dont silence other instances very frivolously. While I find it distasteful as long as your users know to disengage when asked and not avoid bans then for now things should be fine.

IF me or the other mods have issues beyond this we will approach you (we always talk to other mods first before acting). We are a democracy of mods so what I presented here is my view and generally how we moderated in the past, but I cant speak for the whole mod group either.