@jeff @Moon @kirby The problem is, with fedi history the boomer theory of "two people in the same theater watching different movies" applies.

The Mastodon Network (tm) side will say defederating gets the bad people offline and cite Gab. Ask someone on this side of the fedi who was there and they'll just post the YOUR WHOLE FUCKING MENTALITY HAS EXPIRED video or the screencap of Gab users crying about anime spam.

There's also the baggage that the Mastodon Network branding carries, but that's another story.