@Gargron@cjd
sAnd you are right that Gab itself isn't important here. But it has become a symbol. A shibboleth. "Do you support blocking gab?" is a proxy question for asking about someone's political and ideological alignment.
@wolf480pl@cjd Back in 2019 I suggested blocking Gab because Gab has just had their own app banned from the Play Store and their move to the Mastodon API was a plan to circumvent that ban. In my view the risk was high of Mastodon apps getting swept up in that ban circumvention and I would not have liked arguing my points in favour of Gab.
Gregory's Server
@wolf480pl @cjd Back in 2019 I suggested blocking Gab because Gab has just had their own app banned from the Play Store and their move to the Mastodon API was a plan to circumvent that ban. In my view the risk was high of Mastodon apps getting swept up in that ban circumvention and I would not have liked arguing my points in favour of Gab.