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mastodon.art
It has come to my attention that mastodon.art blocks a wide variety of the more popular LGBT instances, and so if you happen to be a queer artist there, you may not realize that your queer art gets very limited reach.
Having looked at mastodon.art's block list- which seems to be hundreds of instances long- I can confirm that this is the case.
Remember that server blocks like this are controlled by the staff of your instance and apply to everyone living there. And these blocks cannot be worked around by the user's preferences at all; it's been decided for you entirely. And unless your instance staff is very explicit about why they make these changes on your behalf, it's completely invisible to you as an end user.
You must trust in good faith that these blocks are necessary to protect the instance you live on, and that no other moderation tactic would be sufficient.
You can check the blocks yourself here: https://mastodon.art/about
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re: mastodon.art
@FlitsFlash My first account was on .art, and i had to move because of drama that arose from the inclusion of queer and furry instances on their blocklist.
I believe .art is run by well-meaning allies who have a more authoritarian view of progress and are not open to debate.
I say this based on recollection from two years ago that i haven't updated since
re: mastodon.art
@FlitsFlash @boloid wp is pretty openly transphobic and has harassed many queers off fedi.
They consider themselves allies but it’s contingent on enabling her bullying.
The reason it’s malicious is because wp talks over and refuses to listen to folks actively attempting to explain how her behavior hurts some of the most marginalized women.
re: mastodon.art
@boloid @FlitsFlash lol I got reported to myself for being an opinionated woman
bullies gonna bully hahaha
https://transister.social/@gintoxicating/statuses/01KJK5EXFSNYBHCTQREHTV4QBM