This is from 9 months ago. According to the comments, the poster realized they were wrong since they could either go to a different host, or could run their own

This is from 9 months ago. According to the comments, the poster realized they were wrong since they could either go to a different host, or could run their own instance, which would have a few additional benefits for them and their followers. In the end, the account was deleted for not following the rules of that particular host. It seems that the they consider all advertising to be spam, which is their right. I assume they sent out a warning at least? That would be the "right" thing to do, but it's really up to the owner of that instance how they enforce their own rules. I can see what attracted them to Mastodon. I can't see how they failed to realize what "decentralized" means. Is that the reason it was posted to HN? The reader will certainly get the wrong impression if they don't read the comment section to that post. And even that meanders around a bunch before you get the full picture. After reading through it, I am left with the impression that the poster was hasty and didn't read the rules when they signed up, didn't bother to understand the network technology, wrote this bye-bye post to shame them, all then to be told that they should read and obey the host's rules, or find a host that would allow them to do those posts, or host their own instance where the rules are their own.