Hello again all! My old instance is closing, which is a real shame, so I've gone for the big one... join me for #gardening #plants #books #crochet #freeformcrochet #journalism #fibreart #alternative stuff #music #mythology and general spooky stuff. I'm a Geordie of Scots ancestry still happily ensconced in NE England.
@MandyCanUDigIt since there is quite a few instances blocking mastodon.social - the one I'm on is nice and also fully funded with donations. And given your love for gardening and ecology, might be a nice match. :)
@rlcw Oh no! Typical - why are they blocking it? I'll have to stay here a bit before I move on again. Boo.
@MandyCanUDigIt Because mastodon.socials moderation is not adequate for its size.
Other instances are regularly being flooded with content by Spambots, Trolls, Nazis etc which register at mastodon social. In order to protect their members, instances will choose to just block the whole instance, to keep moderation on their own instance manageable.