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That's a half-truth: Mastadon itself can't and won't block anything. In the Mastadon network, users live on instances which all talk to each other. Each instan
by parliament32 8y ago
That's a half-truth: Mastadon itself can't and won't block anything.
In the Mastadon network, users live on instances which all talk to each other. Each instance can choose to block any other instance.
If a user doesn't like their instance's policies, they can join another instance with less, different, or no blocks. Alternatively, a technical user can run their own instance and federate with other instances from there.
Your linked article claims, "running and administering your own social server is friggin’ expensive". This isn't true: a $5/month VPS can easily host a Mastadon instance for a dozen users, and requires less than a few minutes of administration per month.