@Gargron @realcaseyrollins @serenebabe @ceoln @freemo

Are tools to map block/limited relationships between instances, forbidden? Or was because it was created by Kiwi Farms?
Did QOTO's moderation policy change in some way that made in non-compliant with the Mastodon Server Covenant? Or was it his mass email to plead with so many instance owners?

The fediverse is brilliant because not even you have the power to defederate. You only control a few instances. But now, people who gripe with you seem to have focused on this joinmastodon list as if you have supreme power over the network and are some kind of Kingmaker.
I personally didn't bother with the joinmastodon list, as I knew it was only a small fraction of available servers. So I used instances.social which had some useful filters, but would not delist any server for a policy violation.
Have you considered abandoning your own list in favor of an independent party?