#CW #FediTreta #FediBlock
I don't have all the facts, but so far what I've gathered is that some .br instances mandate CW use for politics, whereas the largest .br instance, devoted to left-wing politics, doesn't. some users of the smaller instances tried to impose their CW standards and were pushed back. the operator of this larger instance publicly mocked attempts to report political posts by herself and other users to herself, celebrated blocking of nazifascists, and publicly rejected the imposition of CW standards. an instance operator, a trans woman whose demands were turned down got into a fight with feminist women who lamented the lack of feminist .br instances and the little feminine presence. other instance operators started getting reports of the larger instance, insinuating racism, transphobia, involvement with kiwifarms and hostility by the operator. the trans aggressor used a seemingly masculine nick and had long blocked the attacked operator, so the latter used the wrong pronoun for the former, and that became evidence of transphobia. someone claimed her large instance was widely blocked, a user from another instance posted a page that showed the instance was only blocked by two tiny instances, and the fact that the page was generated by a tool allegedly written by kiwi farmers became evidence that the large instance had connections with it. tensions around CW policy made room for negative subjective judgments. instance blocks and counter-blocks ensued