Post AZReHYK47AFIaFDHqS by philbaker1@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AZReHYK47AFIaFDHqS by philbaker1@fosstodon.org
       2023-09-04T19:00:10Z
       
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       I've been on #Mastodon a while. But one thing still seems weird to me: Having to ask permission to follow so many accounts, some of them public-facing organizations. It seems a bit much.My view: if put myself on Mastodon, I"m here to be followed. If you don't like me, don't follow me. If you do something I don't like, I'll unfollow you. Do something really bad, I'll block you.But let's not assume the worst at the start. Permission to follow me: Pre-approved!
       
 (DIR) Post #AZReHZKSNC9XhkP75s by sesivany@floss.social
       2023-09-04T19:49:35Z
       
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       @philbaker1 I think it's because fosstodon.org got a mute on Fediblock. I now have to manually approve every follower from fosstodon.org even though my account itself is completely open to follow.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZReHa5FZDaE2sIU1w by philbaker1@fosstodon.org
       2023-09-04T20:38:44Z
       
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       @sesivany Ahh, that makes sense. I just wonder how people coming here from Twitter react to the increased friction without ever knowing why it's there. How many know what Fediblock is? Heck, I don't even know, and I've been here for 4 years.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZReHaqOjvIUP6M8WG by sesivany@floss.social
       2023-09-04T20:47:47Z
       
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       @philbaker1 I'm really getting tired of it. The most frustrating part is that it's not transparent. I lost a couple of friends who were on an instance which (as we suspect) got blocked completely because the admin had some edgy posts. BTW my instance has Mastodon.social on mute now. I have had to manually approve dozens of follow requests, their posts don't show up automatically for me. I'm really considering to run my own instance not to deal with these moderation wars.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZReHbqmzxCjWbXxlg by philbaker1@fosstodon.org
       2023-09-04T20:44:10Z
       
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       @sesivany I'm just trying to put myself in the shoes of "normals", as @popey sometimes says. I guess "normals" probably wouldn't join the fosstodon instance, as I did in 2019. 🙂