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    From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Adovka on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 19:15:56
    Re: Mastodon - wich server to
    By: Adovka to Mindsurfer on Wed Jan 14 2026 04:33 pm


    Since Mastadon is a "federation" basically whats happening is that
    every server has their own rules, and the funny thing, if server
    you decide to join is "pro-freespeech" then other servers can just
    block trafic from and to it.

    A ton of bullshit if you ask me, and one helluva waste time and
    effort. Creators of mastadon actually looked at Twitter, saw a
    burning dumpster and decided "yeah we are going to copy every aspect
    of this". Same for blusky.


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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, January 24, 2026 13:17:09
    Re: Re: Mastodon - wich server to
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Sat Jan 24 2026 09:59 am

    How does the software root uncensored servers out, exactly?

    I'm not a professional developer or anything, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say:

    if (defined_server == "server.i.dont.like") then {
    defined_server = "";
    }

    Or something like that :)

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, January 24, 2026 14:01:27
    Re: Re: Mastodon - wich server to
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Sat Jan 24 2026 09:59 am


    I've *never* seen a Mastodon client that had a hardcoded list. I'bve
    played with several under Android, and there's a field to specify the
    user name with server name in there, not a pull-down or otherwise
    limited list.


    There was certainly a lot of drama with the F-Droid team because they were debating wether clients with hardcoded blacklists were acceptable, and it was triggered by the submission of a particular client.

    That is how the software can censor instances. The clients ship with a list of domains that are not allowed so when you try to join any server on the list you get a warning or you are prevented from joining through that client.


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