majkeli

This isn’t new. It’s just new to you.

Yep, sorry. I looked at the wrong thing as a source.

Click the cog on the right panel.

They want to protect their users from trolls. Blame the trolls.

When you have a group that don’t respect the rules and you don’t want to lower yourself to their level of discussion, you cut them out. Why would they be tolerated? And who is at fault here? The people wanting civility or the trolls causing issues? Why are you blaming the people defending themselves?

Good example! This is exactly the type of low effort, high judgement user they probably want to avoid.

Good example! This is exactly the type of low effort, high judgement user they probably want to avoid.

One of the benefits of federation is the ability to choose your sources. If one doesn’t fit your moderation style you remove it. It’s a feature, not a minus. Expect more of this until the mod tools mature and trolls make homes among the open servers.