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@gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com The #Fediverse itself, generally, is. Many (most?) #Mastodon instances, appear not to be. Anyone supporting #FediBlock or likeminded initiatives is not in favour of an open Fediverse, they simply wish to create a new variant of #Twitter where they are the ruling class.

If you stick to the places which are "banned" by such initiatives, you reach a public that deeply cares for freedom of speech and/or opinion, and are unlikely to defederate entire instances for it. Many will still defederate spam instances, but there are even those that don't defederate from those. The "downside" is that you will have to experience opinions you disagree with, though if you are above average intelligence, you will actually value this as a major benefit.

To promote the idea of freedom (of thought), run alternative software to Mastodon, such as #Pleroma or #Misskey. Avoid alternatives that strongly desire to limit what kind of opinion you're allowed to have on any topic. Avoid any instance that partakes in shared blocklists. Don't trust any admin that wants more than 200 users, or otherwise desires to grow for the sake of growth. And don't trust any admin that is unwilling to publicize their blocklist.

If you want a quick and easy way to experience more freedom, actually sign up and/or follow people on instances listed on shared blocklists.