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@TheGoodSpace I don't understand why any admin would use a blocklist like it in the first place.

If you run a public instance, you owe it to your users to properly vet and think of the consequences of actions onto your users.

It hurts me whenever stuff like this happens, because the people affected are the fediverse users, all by the decision of a single admin who found a list online and just decided to roll with it. This hurts trust of the fediverse in general.

Any instance blocked on my instance will have a thought out decision behind it (which is also why we always write a short explanation for each block. You will never see a "no information provided").
Instances that aren't hostile, but just not moderated correctly or have repeat offences will be Limited until we can either work it out with the mods, or until moderation improves in general.

The big difference between a Limit and a Block is that when we block another instance, we force our decision on our users, wheres with a limit we protect our users, but they can still willingly decide to interact with said accounts by following them or letting said account follow.
I wish admins think more about the consequences of their actions, and their responsibilities.

Either way thanks for the post, I appreciate you providing information and context as to why this blocklist is bad :)