Mastodon mods being that happy to ban people is the reason for me I never even bothered. And their behavior reflects on any instance, technically correct or not.
I can just as well use a Discord channel because economic interests are at least predictable and the same rules apply to anyone more or less. Or I could use a reddit sub with my political alignment because mods there are equally ban happy as well.
I would take a lot to convince me that members on prominent Mastodon instances are curious about other opinions, but something in the larger picture just doesn't add up.
That is fine though, but Mastodon currently cannot be a place for everyone, regardless of technical possibilities. And it should be said that a lot of Mastodon users were involved in the witch hunt against Stallman, so at least some of the prominent users seem to be toxic.
Mastodon is "choose your dictator" type of setup. On nostr you can't technically be banned, but it attracts a lot of freedom focused people and bitcoiners.
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I can just as well use a Discord channel because economic interests are at least predictable and the same rules apply to anyone more or less. Or I could use a reddit sub with my political alignment because mods there are equally ban happy as well.
I would take a lot to convince me that members on prominent Mastodon instances are curious about other opinions, but something in the larger picture just doesn't add up.
That is fine though, but Mastodon currently cannot be a place for everyone, regardless of technical possibilities. And it should be said that a lot of Mastodon users were involved in the witch hunt against Stallman, so at least some of the prominent users seem to be toxic.