This is a big problem for Mastodon.

Canadian journalist Erica Ifill just had her mastodon.online account suspended without explanation. She's been sharing stuff critical of Mastodon re: intersectional issues.

I get the decentralized structure and idea that each server has its own rules. But this Reddit-style moderation, where moderators with god-complexes make mysterious and arbitrary decisions, is going to cause people migrating to Mastodon to flee in droves.

https://www.presscheck.org/journalists/erica-ifill

PressCheck.org

@llebrun I understand your point about not discouraging new people, but it also bears repeating that people have not only the option of finding another server, but also of creating servers as safe spaces on an organizational basis with specific rules/moderation to suit the accounts it hosts. I would suggest that it is less "a huge problem for Mastodon" than a problem for any online community which we've seen addressed very poorly in the corporate social networks. At least there are options here.