@Sasha (I freaked the HECK out when I first heard about it yesterday, but now that I know a tiny bit more about how federating works and what this actually means, it seems like not such a big deal.)

@cute_weeds Yeah, sorry I freaked out too when I read your message but it is actually not such a deal. I just wished we had some way to handle «identity» appart from accounts, because it can give a lot of importance to political matters between people we're not even connected to.

@Sasha Yeah, I felt pretty helpless and like collateral damage of fights I didn't even know about yesterday 😫

@Sasha But your toot arrived on mastodon.gougere.fr, my instance.

@bortzmeyer Perfect. Thanks for your feedback. It is indeed such a relief not to be on the same side as «nazis», because who would want that, eh ?

There are so many of them everywhere nowadays. Just yesterday, I opened the door of my hotel in Sapporo and there was one just next to the elevator ! Luckily I had my anti-nazi spray in my pockets but still, it really makes you think.

@Sasha The person who tooted that seemed the kind of people who label "nazi" everyone who is on the right of Bernie Sanders.

@Sasha On the political side of the things: that's why it was a very poor idea, PR-wise, to boast that Mastodon was "safe" or had "no nazis". Claiming that you can shut down people will certainly give inspiration to many gurus eager to block this or that.