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[–]dicknipples 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Seems that the TL:DR is that this person claims you can be banned at any second without warning or appeal. Of course we cannot verify if this is true or not; it's just this one person's claim. Last November he wrote a pro-Twitter post: https://markcathcart.com/2022/11/11/mastodon-twitter/ . So something is odd here. But it's good to read both articles. I've not managed to navigate Mastadon, so I agree with the November article. Now it's good to know that one can lose a Mastadon account so easily and without warning.

[–]neolib 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

He is right that instance's admin is basically mini-Elon Musk - he can ban you on a whim (and you'll lose your posts and followers), or decide he is not into Mastodon business one day and delete the whole instance.

It's the most important part in selecting an instance - researching what kind of person this instance's admin is.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The TL;DR is "I posted a recording of kids talking about masturbation and got banned."