@simsa03 i don't think federated social media should try to be a better version of the big commercial platforms. same same but more freedom and more privacy or whatever. the point of it all for me was to put the power over the platforms in the users' own hands, or at least much closer to their hands. then we would have the power to completely transform social media from a time sucking black hole of pointless reactions to pr and trolls, into something that could be a useful tool connecting people who wanted to transform the whole of society. having that perspective and those goals, blocking whole instances was a non issue for me. of course we didn't want to waste any time "discussing" free speech with alt-right maniacs or people posting child pornography. *block* and good bye. we had no interest in being on that playing field (or island, @lnxw48a1), we were trying to do something completely else. mimicking existing social media was just the first step, and i thought we were very clear about that. but i don't think most people ever got it. now i'm no longer sure social media, federated or not, has the potential to organize anything useful. maybe the the real stuff must be done in reality, afk.