@aral chiming in with my 2 cents because I literally jumped into a discussion like this back when gab switched to Mastodon.

back then I was against Tusky hardcoding a block to gab, instead allowing people to block the instance at their will.

I sent an email to RMS, which told me, blocking gab doesn't change the status of free software.

so tell me, how blocking certain hashtags, specifically political ones, goes against FREE and LIBRE?

@kasesag @zilti

this is scary, but at least he has the attitude to sign a letter ousting RMS, instead of the anonymous people behind this website which looks to me as a character assassination attempt targeted towards him.

and even if this is indeed him, people change over the course of 10 years.

judging by the timeline it was posted, it's irrelevant and didn't have the impact the anonymous people behind it expected it to have. 4 months later, he wasn't cancelled.