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I was assuming it was due to the sheer volume of loli being posted on that instance. Most instances block / mute it for this reason.

by throwaway1997 6y ago

numpad0 6y ago
Anything that isn’t photography is freedom of speech in Japan except genitals so not really
- zaarn 6y ago
  It's an issue outside japan; if I federate with an instance that allows this content, Mastodon will mirror that media. While in Japan certain images might be legal, in my country they are very much a greyzone I don't want to risk as administrator.
- dependenttypes 6y ago
  > Anything that isn’t photography is freedom of speech in Japan There was a lot of censorship during the Fukushima nuclear disaster by the government.
  - numpad0 6y ago
    Never heard of such conspiracy theory before...
    - dependenttypes 6y ago
      I did not imply that there was anyone conspiring. It feels like that word has been overused in order to silence any opposition in the past few years. https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-urges-japan-stop-pressuring-media-fukushima-related-topics https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-urges-japan-stop-pressuring-medi... https://cpj.org/blog/2014/04/journalists-in-japan-face-threats-3-years-after-fu.php https://cpj.org/blog/2014/04/journalists-in-japan-face-threa... https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/27/the-silencing-of-japans-free-press-shinzo-abe-media/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/27/the-silencing-of-japans... http://mediashift.org/2017/06/tsunami-nuclear-disaster-media-tug-war-japan/ http://mediashift.org/2017/06/tsunami-nuclear-disaster-media... https://www.dianuke.org/now-fukushima-darkness-japans-secrecy-law/ https://www.dianuke.org/now-fukushima-darkness-japans-secrec... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Secrecy_Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Secrecy_Law https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/whistleblowers-japan-crackdown-state-secrets https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/whistleblowers...
jack1243star 6y ago
The whole blocking situation turns me away from Mastodon. Short of maintaining my own instance, there's no way to be sure I can follow anyone I'd like to, or communicate with them. There's no way to find out from the outside if an instance is defederated.
- young_unixer 6y ago
  I left Mastodon because the big "traditional"/sanctioned instances started banning other instances they didn't like, specifically Gab (instance full of right-wing people that allows basically anything that isn't illegal). I had high hopes for Mastodon but whatever, this whole social network thing isn't worth the trouble. Now HN and Youtube are the only websites I visit for entertainment.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - charliebrownau 6y ago
    Masterdon is just more examples of when you have - left feminists - left sjw - left LGBT - left "diversity" - left socialists - left commies - Jews - ISLAM running a - platform - server - company your never going to get pro freedom/pro free speech for all inviduals and everyone held to the SAME STANDARD How many times does this shit need to happen Another 100 Another 1000 until no right wing pro freedom white person is employed or allowed to speak by 2030 If they cant accept our speech then maybe we need to do SELF SEGERATION on RACE/ETHNIC lines and POLTICAL LEANING Comifornia can be for the Global Commies, Socialists, vegans, sjw , feminists, jews and blacks that are LEFT WING Texas can be right wing whites only pro freedom pro gun ethnic nationalism Other states can choose LEFT OR RIGHT Civic Nationalism or ethnic nationalism Multi culturalism doesnt work when multiple groups are held to different laws and standards and it ends up WHITE STRAIGHT MALES are the only fucking group held accountable to the full extent while the system goverment and courts cover up stats and crime from WOMEN BLACKS JEWS ISLAM GOVERNMENT BANKS CORPORATIONS
  - DarkWiiPlayer 6y ago
    I had a quick look at mastodon a while ago and saw a few more problems with the model, but I wasn't aware instances could block each other. Maybe some day there will be an even more decentralized alternative (Looking at you, indieweb) where it is up to the user whom they block. I'm also not a huge fan of how mastodon is an implementation, more than a protocol.
est 6y ago
So the real question is, if Mastodon was easily replicable as advertised, are all the contents mirrored to other instances?

I was assuming it was due to the sheer volume of loli being posted on that instance. Most instances block / mute it for this reason.

numpad0 6y ago

Anything that isn’t photography is freedom of speech in Japan except genitals so not really

zaarn 6y ago
It's an issue outside japan; if I federate with an instance that allows this content, Mastodon will mirror that media. While in Japan certain images might be legal, in my country they are very much a greyzone I don't want to risk as administrator.
dependenttypes 6y ago
> Anything that isn’t photography is freedom of speech in Japan There was a lot of censorship during the Fukushima nuclear disaster by the government.
- numpad0 6y ago
  Never heard of such conspiracy theory before...
  - dependenttypes 6y ago
    I did not imply that there was anyone conspiring. It feels like that word has been overused in order to silence any opposition in the past few years. https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-urges-japan-stop-pressuring-media-fukushima-related-topics https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-urges-japan-stop-pressuring-medi... https://cpj.org/blog/2014/04/journalists-in-japan-face-threats-3-years-after-fu.php https://cpj.org/blog/2014/04/journalists-in-japan-face-threa... https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/27/the-silencing-of-japans-free-press-shinzo-abe-media/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/27/the-silencing-of-japans... http://mediashift.org/2017/06/tsunami-nuclear-disaster-media-tug-war-japan/ http://mediashift.org/2017/06/tsunami-nuclear-disaster-media... https://www.dianuke.org/now-fukushima-darkness-japans-secrecy-law/ https://www.dianuke.org/now-fukushima-darkness-japans-secrec... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Secrecy_Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Secrecy_Law https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/whistleblowers-japan-crackdown-state-secrets https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/whistleblowers...

jack1243star 6y ago

The whole blocking situation turns me away from Mastodon. Short of maintaining my own instance, there's no way to be sure I can follow anyone I'd like to, or communicate with them. There's no way to find out from the outside if an instance is defederated.

young_unixer 6y ago
I left Mastodon because the big "traditional"/sanctioned instances started banning other instances they didn't like, specifically Gab (instance full of right-wing people that allows basically anything that isn't illegal). I had high hopes for Mastodon but whatever, this whole social network thing isn't worth the trouble. Now HN and Youtube are the only websites I visit for entertainment.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- charliebrownau 6y ago
  Masterdon is just more examples of when you have - left feminists - left sjw - left LGBT - left "diversity" - left socialists - left commies - Jews - ISLAM running a - platform - server - company your never going to get pro freedom/pro free speech for all inviduals and everyone held to the SAME STANDARD How many times does this shit need to happen Another 100 Another 1000 until no right wing pro freedom white person is employed or allowed to speak by 2030 If they cant accept our speech then maybe we need to do SELF SEGERATION on RACE/ETHNIC lines and POLTICAL LEANING Comifornia can be for the Global Commies, Socialists, vegans, sjw , feminists, jews and blacks that are LEFT WING Texas can be right wing whites only pro freedom pro gun ethnic nationalism Other states can choose LEFT OR RIGHT Civic Nationalism or ethnic nationalism Multi culturalism doesnt work when multiple groups are held to different laws and standards and it ends up WHITE STRAIGHT MALES are the only fucking group held accountable to the full extent while the system goverment and courts cover up stats and crime from WOMEN BLACKS JEWS ISLAM GOVERNMENT BANKS CORPORATIONS
- DarkWiiPlayer 6y ago
  I had a quick look at mastodon a while ago and saw a few more problems with the model, but I wasn't aware instances could block each other. Maybe some day there will be an even more decentralized alternative (Looking at you, indieweb) where it is up to the user whom they block. I'm also not a huge fan of how mastodon is an implementation, more than a protocol.

est 6y ago

So the real question is, if Mastodon was easily replicable as advertised, are all the contents mirrored to other instances?