Emma Kennedy@[email protected] I hope you can see this. I’m told there’s a blocking issue on servers. I can’t follow you at the moment. As soon as I can, I will again.
Kepilo@EmmaKennedy I've heard a few things like this, plus instances blocking instances. Seems disconcerting.
Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑@kepilo @EmmaKennedy Different instances have different policies, for example a lot of servers block mastodon.scot due to controversial decisions regarding who they let join.
@WhyNotZoidberg @EmmaKennedy This renders Mastodon far less of a good thing if they're going to be blocking and effectively restricting access. On the face of it, sounds worse than Twitter.
@kepilo @EmmaKennedy no, it's better than Twitter. If you don't like the moderation policy of your instance find another. But keep in mind that almost all instances block things Twitter let slide like racism, transphobia, homophobia, etc.
The benefit is of course that unlike Twitter hate speech and other disgusting activities actually are blocked.
Jim Parkin@WhyNotZoidberg @kepilo @EmmaKennedy within the main "Fediverse" it looks like you can
a) chose an instance that minimally blocks other instances - so you can see lots but are at risk of being blocked by other
b) the converse. You end up choosing an instance that is quite block-happy, which ends up being seem by most instances but you won't see too much from more controversial
c) find/make a small instance and hope the blocking policy is what you want, and that it doesn't do much that's controversial and blocked by most in the Fediverse.
Looking at the instance mentioned in your first post, the admin apologized for a mistake, so presumably let something through that annoyed a lot.
@ParkinJim @WhyNotZoidberg @EmmaKennedy I’m definitely not at the stage of freling remotely confident to quit Twitter.
I detest Evil Mollusk, and I think he’ll destroy Twitter, but Mastodon with blocking, instances acting oddly, etc, etc isn’t really the Twitter alternative I’m looking for.
For me, a network is either OPEN, or I can’t work with it. #mastodon #support take note - lots will be thinking like I am.
@kepilo @EmmaKennedy that's not a threat. Mastodon was going fine without Twitter migrants and if you are not willing to be respectful of minorities and help create a safe space for all then most instances would prefer you going back. And that of course goes for everyone.
@WhyNotZoidberg @EmmaKennedy It’s not a threat. It’s a statement of how I currently feel.
Where does all this ‘rot’ about respecting, etc others come from?
Of course I do and will continue to do this. This is not the conversation. As far as my screen tells me, I / we were talking about the willi-nilli blocking of whole instances by trigger happy admins, and the real danger of unchallengeable blocks being applied for no discernable reason!
@kepilo
One is the same as the other.
One is the same as the other.