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@ocdtrekkie Sadly, I am unable to respond to your comment as the moderator has either blocked or muted me. This is an interesting situation. If he's blocked/muted me on his personal account, then weirdly, I support him wholeheartedly, given that is exactly what I was saying about being responsible for your own policing. If I've been blocked/muted at the instance level, then that is exactly the action I was complaining about. The way I see it, either way, I'm right, and it was a silly thing to do, as it proved me right, not that I'm ever really bothered about being right.

I've spoken (Directly) to a couple of other participants of that thread, and the general consensus is that while we all disagreed on a few points, we also agreed on some others, and that they could see no reason for the block/mute. 🤷‍♂️

Oh, well.

Yes, I agree with you regarding instances. This is my instance, and I'm the only member. It goes without saying that if you join a group, there's always going to be rules; there's always someone who suggests rules. 🤣

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ocdtrekkie
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I find it sort of unusual you cannot reply to my post even if the person at the top of the thread (or their server) blocked you. I wonder if that's a choice of the server software you are using, because I believe I can respond to people who mentioned me who have not blocked me even if the thread starting user has.
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ocdtrekkie
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And to be fair, I absolutely chose mastodon.social because I expected a large server to be less likely to get involved in instance wars, and because I figured it was unlikely to get shut down. I was originally interested in a Star Trek themed server, but I felt their moderation policies seemed too aggressive for me.
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dick_turpin
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And that's what I dislike. You would have loved to have joined, but you would have had to swallow your principles to do it. Not my idea of a platform that was created to promote freedom. 🤷‍♂️
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ocdtrekkie
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But many people on that server are glad it is run that way. I do not want to be on it but it provides value to others.

And I have seen people move off a server because the moderators were too strict and the user wanted to talk to people on instances their moderators had blocked. But that is also the system working: People can select the experience they want.

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dick_turpin
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Far be it from me to suggest that someone who can't take a little bit of questioning is suitable to hold the ability to pass judgment on others. 😉🤣
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