Board:   [DoveNet] Internet Discussion
Subject: Mastodon - wich server to
From:    Arelor
Date:    Fri Jan 23, 2026 09:46

@VIA: PALANTIR
  Re: Mastodon - wich server to
  By: Adovka to Mindsurfer on Wed Jan 14 2026 04:33 pm

 >
 > Since Mastadon is a "federation" basically whats happening is that every
 > server has their own rules, and the funny thing, if server you decide to
 > join is "pro-freespeech" then other servers can just block trafic from and
 > to it.

My understanding is that the guys behind Mastodon created it because they regarded Tweeter as too permissive regarding "nazies" back then, therefore they though an alternative platform was needed.

The Fediverse is neat as a concept but there are too many morons running it.

It is intended to work as a federation, like you described, but the software guys behind it really, really want their political opponents out ofthe race, so there is a lot of preasure in the software stack itself in order to root uncensored servers out. This is the reason why you see so many Mastodont clients include hardcoded lists of servers they are not programmed to interact with, for example.

Such a shame, but certainly not unexpected.


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