nostr:npub1wg02ev7lfmnrwsjqu2tcm2qm4gw65aw0dyywfwvgafqnqyf02wmqhht0yf nostr:npub12hanh66wl2unp2yrwq6x29hwy4x36pqw7q472gwmngfv4a6zn8zqgjw5tw I mean just read some of the early fluff pieces from 2017 when Eugen was marketing his stuff.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/783akg/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-it

This also deliberately injected a very specific group of schizos on the fediverse, you know the people who throw fits over reports or constantly monitor their logs thinking everyone is a scraper/crawler/FBA alt.

Also see the decentralized web of hate paper (sponsored by Mozilla, currently now trying to host a fedi instance on Mastodon) that suggests shibboleths and shit like this to keep "Nazis" out:
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/fellow-research-decentralized-web-hate/