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   Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jun-2026 06:26:27 JST Mastodon Migration

   • emptywheel
   • Ken White

   Please come back...

   There are two stellar accounts that hurt a lot when they departed Mastodon for Bluesky in 2023, @Popehat and @emptywheel.

   Both left due to frustration with what we now call HOA behavior, and in particular people demanding CWs for politics related posts.

   Now, apparently Popehat has been banned on Bluesky. Don't know the details, but even if the ban is lifted, the key take away is that the ban hammer is being used on #Bluesky to censor users free expression.

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   #censorship

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jun-2026 06:32:40 JST Mastodon Migration

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     • emptywheel
     • Ken White

     @Popehat @emptywheel

     Admittedly Mastodon has an HOA problem. It has gotten better, but posters here are still sometimes pestered by people telling them how to use social media.

     However, would argue that this sort of overly enthusiastic user behavior, is much less problematic than a centralized corporate authority censoring its users.

     This account is not bridged to Bluesky, and will never be, but would like to extend an invitation to both these exceptional people to give us another try.

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