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Yep the verified check was simply a way to impose class distinction. You should hit up Mastodon/GnuSocial.

anonbanker 9y ago
Be wary of Mastodon for their Embrace/Extend of GNU Social, as well as their banning of entire chunks of the federated network. Find a good GNU Social site, and bask in the freedom. it feels like Twitter when it first started.
- tscs37 9y ago
  Atleast, unlike on Twitter, you have a choice about this. If you don't like the rules of the red team (Mastodon) you can check out the blue team (GNU Social) or start your own team (or join the Japanese team)
- detaro 9y ago
  Does Mastodon roll out these bans coordinated across the federated instances?
  - RunningDroid 9y ago
    The bans don't appear to be copied from one instance to another by the software, if that's what you're asking. What the previous poster was likely referring to is the 5-10¹ instances that are banned by most other instances with the reason "allows controversial content" or "Free speech zone"². ¹: the number banned varies from instance to instance, but it tends to be the same ones. ²: this one was used by an "anarchist" instance that appears to have more rules than most other instances.
  - TheDong 9y ago
    The administrators of popular mastodon instances share "block lists" manually. That's the level of coordination. Shared lists: https://github.com/tootcafe/blocked-instances https://github.com/tootcafe/blocked-instances https://github.com/MastodonBlocklist/blocklist https://github.com/MastodonBlocklist/blocklist https://github.com/ticki/mastodon-blacklist https://github.com/ticki/mastodon-blacklist and others
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  - vorotato 9y ago
    No, it's instance by instance. You will see some amount of cooperation, but it's not enforced by any means just a cultural norm created by the twitter refugees to mastodon. GnuSocial has a bit of a libertarian bent, Mastodon instances have a bit of a leftist bent, and of course there's the instances which are both, so it's not really a binary but rather a spectrum. Yes Libertarian and left surprisingly to many are not mutually exclusive.
- xena 9y ago
  Honestly a lot of that happened because of the people that caused the twitter rules changes tried to shit up ostatus.
- vorotato 9y ago
  You can call it freedom, others call it chaos. The important thing is that you have a choice. Some servers are judicious with who they federate with, others are very open, and I think it's good that you can choose.

Be wary of Mastodon for their Embrace/Extend of GNU Social, as well as their banning of entire chunks of the federated network. Find a good GNU Social site, and bask in the freedom. it feels like Twitter when it first started.

tscs37 9y ago
Atleast, unlike on Twitter, you have a choice about this. If you don't like the rules of the red team (Mastodon) you can check out the blue team (GNU Social) or start your own team (or join the Japanese team)
detaro 9y ago
Does Mastodon roll out these bans coordinated across the federated instances?
- RunningDroid 9y ago
  The bans don't appear to be copied from one instance to another by the software, if that's what you're asking. What the previous poster was likely referring to is the 5-10¹ instances that are banned by most other instances with the reason "allows controversial content" or "Free speech zone"². ¹: the number banned varies from instance to instance, but it tends to be the same ones. ²: this one was used by an "anarchist" instance that appears to have more rules than most other instances.
- TheDong 9y ago
  The administrators of popular mastodon instances share "block lists" manually. That's the level of coordination. Shared lists: https://github.com/tootcafe/blocked-instances https://github.com/tootcafe/blocked-instances https://github.com/MastodonBlocklist/blocklist https://github.com/MastodonBlocklist/blocklist https://github.com/ticki/mastodon-blacklist https://github.com/ticki/mastodon-blacklist and others
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- vorotato 9y ago
  No, it's instance by instance. You will see some amount of cooperation, but it's not enforced by any means just a cultural norm created by the twitter refugees to mastodon. GnuSocial has a bit of a libertarian bent, Mastodon instances have a bit of a leftist bent, and of course there's the instances which are both, so it's not really a binary but rather a spectrum. Yes Libertarian and left surprisingly to many are not mutually exclusive.
xena 9y ago
Honestly a lot of that happened because of the people that caused the twitter rules changes tried to shit up ostatus.
vorotato 9y ago
You can call it freedom, others call it chaos. The important thing is that you have a choice. Some servers are judicious with who they federate with, others are very open, and I think it's good that you can choose.