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For clarity:

• The 41% number combines both instances that have actually blocked Threads and those who have pledged to do so at some point, so "have blocked" is a bit misleading
• As stated, this is a percentage of instances, not users. Roughly 24% of users are on instances that have limited, blocked, or pledged to block Threads.

This does not apply when you can move or make your own instance. It's like complaining about tyranny inside your own house. Like, what?

I think a perfectly acceptable line to draw is "Is it reasonable to expect a large majority of the people on this instance would want this other instance blocked?" If the answer is yes, block them. If somebody has a problem with that, move to a different instance.

I don't really understand what the problem is.

I don't know if there's a service that provides both functions. I'm sure there's a way to do it - Lemmy posts are already accessible through Mastodon. Currently, I assume you would need the instance itself to offer both services under one account.

I would just write the world in a way that is interesting to you, and add to it as players show interest. "Hey, I want to play a Tabaxi" -> "oh okay, let me think about what that means and I'll get back to you." This also gives you more latitude for using their ideas to inform the world. "I want to play a Tabaxi Wizard" -> "oh interesting, maybe there's a clan of them that..."

You'll be able to focus on what you care about, which will make the world more interesting, and allow players to incorporate things they care about if they wish, which will make it more fun for them too. Framing it in terms of "up for deletion" implies you need to answer everything about the world from the start, which is not only inefficient but an impossible standard. Just because you haven't considered something doesn't mean it can't exist.

I added that to sort of admit my own hypocrisy; I tried to exaggerate my opinion a bit for the sake of spurring discussion. I mostly believe what I said, but my real thoughts are much messier and less well thought out.

Many Marvel films, for example, are actually competently written plot wise. I also believe lots of them have basically no value.

Gonna try to phrase this an inflammatory way:

People who like bad movies have been conditioned by consumerism to not appreciate art. They believe spectacle, humour, and a tight plot are 'good enough', and they don't value thoughtfulness, novelty, beauty, or abrasiveness nearly enough. Film is more than a way to fill time and have fun. Film is more than an explosion, a laugh, and a happy ending.

On an unrelated note: Mad Max: Fury Road is one of my favourite movies.

"Instances" at the bottom of the page will take you to a list of, I believe, federated instances, and at the very bottom, blocked instances.

I favor free speech over censorship any day. Alex did not cross the criminal line which is where I think free speech can be ignored.

I refer to my original reply. Your bar is so low that it would turn any forum into garbage.

You claimed "he shouldn’t have been banned". Yet by your logic, any service is justified in banning any user for any reason, thus there is no reason that he should not have been banned in the first place.

Yes? The point is that his rules are shit, thus his website is shit.