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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Instances are not shadow banning, they all listed in instance list page.

I didn’t get the mod drama thing. I guess this guy mixing instance admins with community mods.

Also, I don't think there is that much blocking between instances except Beehaw, since they want to create a refined user base.

Edit: what I was telling here is only applies to Lemmy. Looks like things are different for Mastodon side. So this comment may have a realistic view. I just don’t have enough experience on there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't really expect 4channers to have reasonable opinions on moderation, the whole reason it's the way it is is because of lax moderation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

4chan has lax moderation? I guess you've never seen their rules then and the bans their mods give

Whole reason 8chan is a thing is because they think 4chan has too much moderation

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I can barely ad single digit numbers, much less hominem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I don't think you know what an ad hominem is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

On Lemmy, it's shown. On Mastodon, instances are given the ability to hide their blocked instances which IMO hinders people's ability to join. A lot of the drama on the fediverse with regards to blocking is from Mastodon and similar instances.

People claim the instance you join doesn't matter because "everything is federated!" but it kind of does. It strongly affects the people who will see your posts and even who you can follow, and if you don't know what an instance is blocking it creates an air of uncertainty. I've seen instances get blocked for stupid at best and downright malicious at worst reasons, so the 4chan post isn't inherently wrong.