"how to deal with block list mania"
For starters, stop marketing the fediverse as some sort of "safe space" unique among social networks, as if that is ever a thing.
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Even if marketing it as a "safe space" gets a few more users, the so-called growth is not worth the toxicity it creates. Is indiscriminately trying to pull in more users even what is really wanted? Chances are it is never going to be Facebook.
