Okay so the "no begging" rule is obviously awful on its face but what gets to me is how ineffectual it is even for its own horrible aims. Like, if mastodon.lol considers asking for monetary help to be an eyesore, not allowing original posts on the instance is just grossly inadequate to enforce such a rule. Is boosting begposts also prohibited? Are they going to defederate with instances that don't have the same heartless rule?

And this is before even going into the mindblowing incompetence of adding that it's okay to give people the option to donate, like I am still enough of a lawyer to be actively mad at the confusion and contradiction this causes.