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During the war in Ukraine and even more so in the midst of the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, the sometimes blatantly biased management of mastodon.social demonstrated beyond any doubt that big instances destroy the Fediverse
A recent example is the limiting of the account @LALegault
#fediverse #mastodon #mastodonSocial #israel #palestine #gaza #gazagenocide
Destroy Fediverse? This is exactly the sort of strong instance moderation that so many people promote as a benefit of the system!
And sometimes that strong moderation will be against you and sometimes it will be for you, but that is just the way that approach works.
So apparently it’s a feature.
Anyway, this is a great illustration of why it’s problematic to look to instances of any size to shape feeds instead of focusing on empowering users to do it themselves, to shape their own experiences around here.
You say destroy #Fediverse but really it’s pretty much what so many people say they want out of the system, even if they’re not ready for the implications of that.
