This is the entire concept behind private property.
Mastodon instances are all private property. They are clubs that can be run according to the wishes of the owners.
Mastodon instances are all private property. They are clubs that can be run according to the wishes of the owners.
> You can't prosecute us for things that are published as we are a platform for communication, we're not responsible for what's communicated!
> We can moderate and ban you for saying things we disagree with based on what we interpret our "rules" to be (in social media's case: whatever the West-Coast likes and Copyright violations)
With Mastodon (or phpbb forums of yore) the former is false, so it's at least internally consistent, and of course you have the choice to move away, it's not 1 moderation style for the whole planet across all cultures.
We have that, with public roads and parks.
"Here's the rules: don't litter, don't get naked, don't yell and follow people"
What I'm saying is that you can be one or the other, but not both.
Mastodon doesn't pretend to be anything other than private property.
Twitter pretends to be a public place, like a park or a giant square.