Just checked four accounts at random that have a pro-peace, anti-war, or anti-NATO opinion.

Out of those four, 2 are hidden and 1 is blocked on mastodon dot social.

This is why we need smaller instances. Imagine signing up for Mastodon, joining the biggest server and essentially having moderators curate a mainstream-only political spin on everything.

If that sounds fine with you, reminder: It was mainstream opinion that the war in Afghanistan and Iraq were good ideas. 🤦‍♀️

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 FYI @369f21f8 @d229f4b0 @a3175896 congrats @fed34b2e for surviving so far. 

 @63a30250 alternate take: every mastodon user should know and understand the moderation policy of their instance. It’s easy enough to move if you don’t like it, but the first step is understanding (cripes, that sounds a bit Zen! 😀)

Of course, this depends *heavily* on the instance admins and mods being open and honest about their moderation policy, and consistent in their application of it.

Moderation is hard