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> P.S. He is also removed from Mastodon[1] too For some reason, I thought that Mastadon was supposed to be free from censorship (for the sake of discussion, le
by bmarquez 6y ago
> P.S. He is also removed from Mastodon[1] too
For some reason, I thought that Mastadon was supposed to be free from censorship (for the sake of discussion, let's just call it that) because you could run your own servers.
Did Trump get removed from a specific server or from Mastadon in general?
Or did everyone else choose not to link (not sure of the terminology) with him?
And if it's possible to get removed from Mastadon, what makes it different than an ad-free clone of Twitter?
- afuchs 6y agoThis looks like a specific account on an individual server. (which could have been registered by anyone) Each Mastodon instance chooses which other instances they can federate with (whitelist or blacklist). Given that Mastodon's early adopters included a large amount of people who switched because they thought Twitter should have banned more people (often because of perceived harassment), they tend to quickly ban or blacklist anyone they see as bad actors. It's free from censorship in the sense that someone could run their own server, but doesn't guarantee an audience.