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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 17:43:45 JST Aral Balkan

   Interesting: I just tried following someone on mastodon.ie with an unlocked account and it got turned into a follow request.

   Has mastodon.ie silenced me?

   #madtodon #ireland

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 17:47:22 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • Darren

     @DJDarren It would be good to know for sure so I can stop recommending that people join them as I have been doing.

   • Darren (djdarren@mendeddrum.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 17:47:23 JST Darren

     in reply to

     @aral They can’t handle the truth you’re spittin’

   • Jono Ferguson (jonoabroad@mastodon.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 17:56:35 JST Jono Ferguson

     in reply to

     @aral this was/is one of the things about social media that we don't have a good or really any solution to yet.

     I had to stop myself on twitter from wanting to know why people had blocked me, I think I'm mostly harmless, if a bit sweary.

     It would be nice if one could see _why_ a block occurs or has occurred.

     But then 🤷♂️

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 17:56:35 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Jono Ferguson

     @jonoabroad A block is one thing (and, at an instance level, should be communicated with a reason). Shadow-banning/silencing without reason at the instance level is another (and should also be communicated). Twitter had better transparency in communicating some of these things (and allowing for appeals) than some fediverse instances.