CalligrafaeBye bye to the 800 or so people who followed me from mstdn.social . Sorry those connections were terminated without any warning to you and no opportunity to make a plan.
Yeri@welshpixie @darnell what happened ?
Darnell Clayton 
@welshpixie @yeri Oh okay. Yeah, that makes sense. It seems as if Mastodon Art (https://mastodon.art) is no longer blocked by MSTDN Social (https://mstdn.social) which is good. I wish there was a way to reestablish connections that were severed though.
@welshpixie @darnell and why was universeodon blocked?
@yeri @welshpixie Mastodon Art (https://mastodon.art) blocked Universeodon (https://universodon.com) because the admin initiated contact with #Meta, & convinced other admins & platform developers to do the same.
https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/110571572316170780
I think this is what triggered counter blocks by other Instances against Mastodon Art (some were removed), which is already creating bitter feelings on both sides of the debate (with some violent threats being issued).
@darnell @yeri this is not why we're defederating Universeodon - it's one reason in a string of reasons and it was "the last straw' after a string of problematic stances by the admin over the past few months, but it's not that alone and we're not blocking instances for talking with Meta, as some people seem to think now because people are reading and focusing on one part of the post we made and ignoring the rest.
Edit, the full post: https://dotart.blog/dotart-blog/defederating-from-universeodon
@welshpixie @yeri Oh ok. Thanks for clarifying!