Just to give you an idea of how bad the whole "we block anyone who doesnt block who we block" has gotten, someone sent me this:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/74474015

I would **love** to give M.A a script that goes over all the instances in the fediverse and alerts them of every instance that doesnt follow the exact same block list as them and spit it out. I'm sure they will realize they have to block 99% of the fediverse... its getting laughable at this point.

@freemo It's Orwellian and Authortarian, exactly the thing most "progressives" say they hate. I don't get this instance thing when the tools to block entire instances are in the app, (web browser). Haven't checked to see if Fedilab has that option, but that's the way it should be done. Let the user decide!

@marathon0 @freemo - If you're trying to curate a safe space, you exactly *don't* want the user to decide because in deciding they have to hit something (maybe many things) that makes them feel unsafe.

The wisdom of increasing comfort rather than developing resilience is another matter, but it's self-consistent.

Also, the people I've talked to who are into this sort of thing mostly don't, when pressed, have much of a problem with authoritarianism-used-for-good or oversight-used-for-good. Benevolent dictators can be awesome, *if* you can guarantee benevolence. There can be some nasty differences between theory and practice regarding resolving that conditional, however.