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Mastodon doesn't do any of the things I want out of social media, and has the most backwards thinking to moderation. The moderation system is based on witch hunting. Federation can't work when there are discrete sets of people that absolutely hate each other. Right now Mastodon is full of the most far-left people.

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First it's "The government can't stop me from saying anything I want", then it's "Corporations can't stop me from saying anything I want on their platform", and now you've progressed to "Private individuals running their own instances have to federate with me and listen to what I say or else they're witch hunting leftists". It's my own instance, I will federate with who I want. You have the right to run your instance, I have the right to tell you to fuck off.

The local HOA can be far more oppressive than the faraway president. IRC servers were often run by petty tyrants. Mastodon federates at the wrong level.

It’s your own instance and I’ll never go there or any other instance that wants to control what people say publicly and to each other and spy on peoples private conversations.

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