Makkonthe more instances that get cut off from the rest of the fediverse due to the actions of a few, the more I am certain that I really don't like federated social media. I'm really sorry, I'm trying my best! that kind of stuff stresses me out way more than maybe it should.
maybe consequences for being a horrible person should only be for that person and not for everyone else on the instance? what can those people even do at that point? it's not like they can force the moderator's hand, they have no power to do anything except leave, wiping away all their posts and starting over besides followers. we're all serfs in our own little kingdoms, and if the king starts a war what are we supposed to do about it? I'm sick of leaving and starting over.
RJ 🎨@makkon If you want, you can migrate your account! https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/
@ArrJaySketch I don't know if you read my previous posts, but I'm tired of moving
@makkon @ArrJaySketch Ah. Yeah. I have this weird feeling that it's all going to suck worse before it gets better. Like, there's a ton of new people joining and no one's found their "home" yet. I told my wife tonight that honestly if Mastadon ends up sucking I'm kinda just okay dropping from social media? I'm also just...tired.
@ArrJaySketch yeah man, me too. I can't keep this up.
An-Tim Nguyen 
@makkon I can't help but feel that Mastodon was built primarily for people who are specifically knowledgeable enough to deploy more instances in the first place, for they have the most power/freedom to enact their own ethics.
I've asked technically savvy people about their experiences trying to setup their own instances, and the consensus seems to be that it's actually way harder than anticipated. Absolutely not noob friendly. Most are stuck unless they migrate ad infinitum.
esselfortium@makkon this has been stressing me out recently too. we’re completely powerless and have little control over who we’re allowed to associate with unless we run our own instance. huge design oversight that none of the advocates seem to even recognize as a flaw.
Clipper Chip 
@makkon I agree - I don't like this tendency at all. It's why I'm considering joining a small private instance where the userbase cannot pressure the admins to block any community just because certain people there are toxic. I rather have control over that myself.
Claire Hummel@makkon GOD yes having to hand-approve every single follow from mastodon.social is making me go mad—I appreciate the spirit of the silencing/blocks but MY GOD it feels so overly simplistic for what is often an extremely nuanced issue. Especially when it's punishing members of the instance for the actions of the people who run it??? 😑
Alex Haydock@shoomlah these concepts make sense for small communities, but with twitter dying they just aren't going to be small anymore. everything breaks at this scale, and systems that work for small sizes become tedious to deal with at best and cruel at worst
Farî@makkon blocking mastodon.social is very dumb imho and I have never seen a good justification for it, just "we don't like Gargron" or "the people there are too normie". I'm including my own instance in that. But I don't think it's a huge deal because you can easily bypass those blocks by following people on that instance. Unlike Twitter where getting suspended means losing your livelihood with no chance of appeal.
Peta'rdo@makkon
Agree.
It's beginning to look dangerously similar to what has happened with email and spam-fighting last two decades.
