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by rglullis 495 days ago
How many of these people are going through these blocklists to properly verify the claims?

And why should the users of my instance be penalized because someone found some reason to dislike me? If someone wants to block me, fine. But having the influence to push a whole server out of the wider network definitely counts as "too much power".
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devilsdata 495 days ago
I want moderation on the platforms I go to. I don’t want to have to wade through cruft, even if there are false positives.

Also I don’t want anything pro-crypto on my feeds.

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rglullis 495 days ago
Can you guess how many people are talking about crypto on mastodon.social?

> Also I don’t want anything pro-crypto on my feeds.

Then just don't follow them?

Also, can you maybe try to be a little less judgemental? Your attitude is a perfect illustration for https://mastodon.social/@molily/113480811492965996

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devilsdata 495 days ago
Attitude? My brother in Christ, you’re the one that wants to put crypto posts in my community.

You’re not entitled to an audience.

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rglullis 495 days ago
> that wants to put crypto posts

I wasn't. That's the point. It's been a long time since I stopped working with Ethereum and I always despised cryptocurrency as an speculation instrument. To take whatever I wrote about (ENS as an alternative for resolving identity without DNS or the handful of discussions about a guy working on ZK-proofs) as being a "crypto bro" is ridiculous, but I am sure that your prejudices will force you to disagree.

> in my community.

I wasn't chasing anyone around asking to follow me. If your server ended up getting some of my posts, go to the next HOA Mastodon meeting to complain to whoever in "your" community who did not toe the party line.

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VectorLock 495 days ago
Because that is their right to do so, and if the users of that instance disagree they can migrate to another one fairly easily?
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rglullis 495 days ago
> if the users of that instance disagree they can migrate to another one fairly easily

How will they disagree, if they don't even get to know who is getting blocked?

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novemp 495 days ago
Most instances publish lists of who they block. It's a user's choice if they decide to register at an instance that does not publish that list.
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novemp 495 days ago
Users of an instance choose to place their trust in the instance moderator. If they feel they're being "punished", they're free to leave. It is insanely easy to change what instance you're on.
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