@jeremiah @realcaseyrollins @p @Moon
anybody can come into a church, then you can remove them. that's pretty similar to a server blocking people after they are assholes. but if enough people did that, you'd want a way to screen them before they came in. if everyone had to wear a pin (denoting their instance etc) and much larger percentage with a certain pin were shitheads, I assume you'd keep them out.
the fedi is not really a public or private space but we know whose door they came in thru.