Stonekettle with his 250k followers claims he was told he was "unwelcome" on Mastodon.

Someone want to tell me why?

Is it because he has so many followers?

@LillyHerself Or: who is "they"?

"Everyone on Mastodon" seems like a pretty unlikely answer. OTOH I can think of times when large parts of the fediverse have picked up torches and pitchforks for very flimsy reasons.

@fishidwardrobe I can't remember...did any of the instances let Stephen Fry on with his million followers?
There was talk of servers crashing...
@LillyHerself I think mastadonapp.co.uk still has him? It did cause them some problems when he joined, but only for a few days.