I dont want to move instances againnnn ughh
@aks social.opendesktop.org exists
@aks Something wrong over at .pizza or just found somewhere better/more interesting?

@jay people keep blocking this instance for some reason

my friend cant see me in their instance anymore :(

@aks Looks like it's because of the UFOI stuff that your instance appeared to take part in which was lead by a guy that probably meant well but is a well known dickhead.
@jay agh, of course its some dumb drama
@jay I don't keep track of drama - what's the UFOI stuff? Just out of curiosity
@tacoface Essentially, an attempt to create and organize a unified set of rules for various instances to follow. See https://ufoi.org/

In itself, it doesn't sound bad, but I believe where people had problems is that you were signing up to accept fediblocks from other member instances without question. Also, the main person behind it is a controversial weirdo who has been claiming weird shit about Mastodon's creator on Reddit, calling him a nazi and shit like that.

So I think that maybe your instance is one of those that signed up to be part of it and now you're being caught in the crosshairs of servers that not only don't want to take part, but actively do not want to federate with those member instances. There could also be more issues that I'm not aware of as well but that's my understanding.
United Federation of Instances | United Federation of Instances

A federation of good-faith actors on the Fediverse

@jay @aks

And we have nothing to do with it either.

@selea @aks Weird, seems like several people seem to think otherwise. Ugh.

@jay @selea arggh

I told my friend on one of these instances, maybe they can clean up things

@aks @selea Hope it works out. It's this kind of stuff that really bugs me about the fediverse sometimes.

@aks @jay

Dont feel bad if you need to move instance so you can communicate with your friends btw

@selea thanks, i really wouldnt like to move either

now im just craving for JUSTICE πŸ˜‚

@selea @[email protected] @aks
I’d reach out to freemo because I think your instance was listed as part of it at one point.
@lucifer @selea @aks Thank you for chiming in, master of evil(.social).
@[email protected] @selea @aks
Helping where I can. And that UFoI thing seemed OK on the surface, until it didn’t. It was probably well intended.

@lucifer @jay @aks

Yes, it was at one point. But we strongly declared our distance to it.

@selea @lucifer @aks I don't think very many admins go out of their way to see if fediblocks are still sensible once they put them on.

@jay @lucifer @aks

This instance has been suspended because "it is a techbro instance" - well.

@selea @[email protected] @aks
Wow what?! That’s new.
Going full blown β€˜we’ll find a reason’ type of moderation
@selea @lucifer @jay @aks There was someone who insisted on blocking any instance that appeared on UFOI even if it was no longer a part of it, which is just annoying.
@oklomsy @lucifer @aks @selea I also seem to remember when it first popped up, that some instances listed weren't even consulted or asked about it... unless I'm thinking of something else...?
@jay @lucifer @aks @selea Eh, idk, the only instance admins I remember voicing their discontent with UFOI were thatonecalculator and selea.
@[email protected] @[email protected] @aks @selea
Calculator was ummm… quite vocal. Freemo’s responses were unhelpful.

@oklomsy

I personally, wont spend any time trying to convince them to unsuspend this instance then.

I make misstakes, and I am grateful when people reach out and point things out.

@lucifer @aks @jay

@selea @lucifer This is why you are an amazing instance admin, people that block instances very rarely change their minds, you know that but you also know not to waste your time and energy like freemo.
@selea @oklomsy @lucifer @jay honestly now i dont want to leave even more