So I look in the modlog from time to time. There's been some actions I've seen that I don't agree with, but there is no way to see the context, so I've never spoke up. But today I saw something that concerned me. I'm just going to copy/paste the modlog so you see what I see.
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community >Technology@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community >Indiana@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod Banned
AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community >Chat@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community Socialist Rifle >Association@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community >Antifascism@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community >Michigan@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community Lord of the >memes@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community Ohio@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community United States | >News & Politics@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community The >Onion@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community Religious >Cringe@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community >Iowa@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community >Memes@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community >Minnesota@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year mod
Banned >AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet from the community Food Crimes - >Offenses against >nutrition@midwest.social reason: Lib expires: in 1 year
I don't know who this guy is, or who the mod is, but essentially this guy is getting banned for being liberal.
Or am I misreading the situation???
It's counterintuitive to growing an instance maybe.
The whole idea is that there is no centralization.
It (the fediverse) is de-centralized.
The point is that there's no one entity in charge.
You don't have to leave the fediverse because you don't like an instance. You're free to start your own communities and/or instances anywhere else, no one is obligated to tolerate anyone and everyone in their space.