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@realcaseyrollins @serenebabe @ceoln @freemo There is no connection between the removal of a promotional link to qoto.org from joinmastodon.org and anyone named Snow. The link was removed in light of a revision of qoto.org's moderation policies following a mass-email campaign by Jeffrey Freeman that used a tool developed by Kiwi Farms to find which servers have blocked his, and Jeffrey has been told as much in writing.

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@Gargron @realcaseyrollins @serenebabe @freemo

freemo has plausibly stated that he did not know the tool was developed by anyone associated with a vile hate site, and the use to which he put it, finding who had blocked qoto and writing them to ask why and hopefully fix the problem, seems facially reasonable.

What was the moderation policy revision that led to the link removal? That would seem to be the crux of the issue.

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@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?

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🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

@Gargron

This is a lie, check the internet archive to confirm, our moderation policies remained unchanged.

Also i never led a campaign to have the fediverse ddfederate from mastodon.social, but i did bring to light gargron delisting us following the misinformation campaign.

The mass email he refers to is referenced in the article. It was an attempt to reach out to admins and correct the information in the misinformation campaign and thus directly related to gargrons decision as he admits here.

@realcaseyrollins @serenebabe @ceoln

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🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

@Gargron

To expose Eiugen on yet another lie... here is a link to all the changes that occured to our ToC over the last 6 months. As can clearly be seen the only changes made were stronger protections for the LGBTQ and a removal of the phrase "free speech".

web.archive.org/web/diff/20220

Which means the only perceived changes he could mean are either greater protections to LGBTQ groups or he is caving tto the misinformation spread by snow.

I already cover the emails (which were sent only to admins with email addresses that welcomed administrative contact). They servered the purpose of alerting them as to Snow's disinformation and an attempt to set the record straight.

jeffreyfreeman.me/eugen-rochko

Seems quite clear, even by Eugen's own admission that what I said in the above post is completely factual afterall.

@realcaseyrollins @serenebabe @ceoln

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