There is a lot of back history involved. Some admins don't like the terms of service used at Qoto -- **specifically some quite Libertarian statements** on it which I personally have made motions to change.
In some other cases it's because this instance did not block some other instance which they found deplorable and a nest of iniquity, etc.
I have been out in Diplomatic missions in the past, but not much resulted -- other than me sending detailed correspondence and sometimes being :
* told to not contact them again.
* or losing my local account at that instance for the attempt.
* or simply getting a polite rebuff on the attempt, which appears the most positive result.
#QOTO is **perceived negatively in some quarters** - and that has implications on **who sees your posts here as well**.
See these two blog posts for detailed info on some of my past attempts :
https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/when-you-discover-your-instance-is-blocked
https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/todon-nl-admin-reacts-to-polite-inquiries
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To clarify a few points... The "Libertarian Statements" he is refering to is specifically our rule regarding not banning people for their opinions as a matter of policy. What we call "Freedom of speech".
It should also be pointed out that while a handful of services do block us for such a policy they are a very small minority and limited mostly to the more extremist instances who have a tendency to mass block large swaths of the fediverse.
To put some numbers to it QOTO is in the top 10 most connected instances on the fediverse. In other words, we are one of the least blocked instances out there that is large enough to be have a federation footprint (be discoverable by other servers).
So if your concern is being able to talk to and connect to other instances QOTO is one of your better bets.
By the way I'd also like to point out one little piece of irony. Your "main" account over at muensterland. That account has been your "main" account for 5 months, prior to that qoto was your main account for about 6 months. Despite the fact that they were both your main for similar amounts of time, and you followed a similar number of people from each account... your account here at QOTO remains four times larger than your new main account.
