@stux OH: “If instances shouldn’t be judged by which instances they block, it would be unfair to judge instances for blocking instances who aren’t blocking certain instances.”

Speaking for myself: not blocking another instance is never sufficient grounds for me to de-federate a given instance, but it may be one of a list of several factors for limiting/silencing it. For example, an instance with both open-registration and no blocklists is a convenient landing pad for trolls making block-evading alts (inb4 “alts aren’t necessarily for block evasion” yeah I agree). If I see such an instance I typically make it FO and maybe add a temporary MRF transparency exclusion (temporarily hiding it from our public blocklist) while I reach out to their admins.

Now, a pattern of interaction with a given instance from an admin or mod might be a greater cause for concern from me. Again, it’s almost never the sole factor.

That being said, I understand why other instances do block this way and respect their decisions to do so. Not everyone has the spoons to scroll through all those timelines and collect receipts. This is where I think being responsive to concerns from your own users is important.

#FediBlockMeta