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Useful test: don't join a Mastodon instance that doesn't let you follow https://raspberrypi.social/@Raspberry_Pi - defederated by many instances because they hired a policeman who had used a Pi to do police work in the past, and were then unapologetic about it.
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/12/raspberry-pi-shows-how-not-to-mastodon/
@agdakx @ciphergoth it’s one of the reasons I migrated away from types.pl i the end. they de federated other instances for poorly thought ‘political reasons’ & a response that ‘one can ask people to migrate away from the de federated instance’.
@ciphergoth I had some friends on an instance with a heavy defederation stance which meant I couldn't follow them. Very glad that most have now moved elsewhere.
@ciphergoth Apparently, I'm on a Mastodon instance that doesn't let me follow Raspberry Pi.