Is some commie glowie trying to subvert our server from within?

Why am I seeing pedos and lesbians in my timeline?! 🤢 🤮

@basedbagel huh

@VooDooMedic

I saw s2 users, one was a lesbian and the other is name ethical pedophile...

I blocked both of them but I was shocked they were in my feed.

I assumed that someone was trying to get our server banned by bringing fake accounts because who the FUCK calls themselves an ethical pedophile? That's an oxymoron

Welcome to the internet bagel; if you think that’s bad you would have had your whole world turned upside down 3 yrs ago

@FailurePersonified @basedbagel what do you mean?

Back in the day the fedi wasnt as structured and there were a lot of foreign entities bringing in shit tons of CP. pedos were crawling everywhere. They would try to MRF dodge or make accounts to post on the servers in question.
It was a wild time but over time moderation got better and the scourge moved on mostly, or became insulated.

@FailurePersonified @basedbagel I'm still super new to all this stuff I just post and reply I don't really go outta my way to follow people or anything

That’s a decent usage of the platform. Just don’t be surprised if they stumble upon you (as I did).

Though y’all have definitely come around at a time where, the network has matured so that is nice. You see less dog shit. Though I do miss certain parts of the fedi. It used to be rare to see that you’ve been instances blocked… now it’s common as admins abuse their power (incompetent ledditors who think they actually matter)

@FailurePersonified @basedbagel I don't even know what that means hahah

Ah I see; instance blocking (MRF) is a way that a server can block any communication to and from their server to another.

So if your administrator decided the people on my instance where, “deplorable” human beings they could make it so you would never see anything from me, and I wouldn’t get notifs or see your posts.

It was originally intended to stop illegal content; however a good majority of (namely mastadon instances) have liberally employed that tool to stop genuine discussion on certain topics.

This instance that im on, “chudbuds.lol” have definitely suffered as a result of being instance blocked by multiple servers.

Kind of shameful isn’t it? Making it so that users can’t see or talk to people the admin doesn’t like? Though thats people for you

@FailurePersonified @basedbagel ahhhh okokok we use merovingian.club basically for everyone who's red pilled and based