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and that's the whole point of the federation, right? Each instance can choose who to block or not, and life goes on
by FalconSensei 3y ago
and that's the whole point of the federation, right? Each instance can choose who to block or not, and life goes on
- WorldMaker 3y agoFirst a bunch of instances blocked Pawoo and people cried that would end Mastodon and kill free speech, then they blocked Gab and people cried that would end Mastodon and kill free speech, then they blocked Truth Social and Counter Social and people cried that would end Mastodon and kill free speech, then they blocked Journo Host and people cried that would end Mastodon and kill free speech, then they (pre-emptively) blocked Threads and people cried that would end Mastodon and kill free speech… The drama lives on and on. Freedom of Association is just as important and key part of Freedom as Speech, though many, especially Americans, tend to forget that it exists as a related Right. Blocking on Mastodon isn't a bug, it's a feature. Drama from blocking on Mastodon is maybe a bug, but criticism and deliberation and community opinion gathering and consensus building are features (and Freedom of Speech) that sometimes look like drama. People expecting useful criticism and deliberation to "kill" Mastodon because "drama" are missing that process survives iteratively and the process isn't a bug.