Sure, but these aren't my words, and you told me to stop complaining about something that I didn't complain about. I can't teach you basic rules of attributing speech, either.

In particular, the original submission has a comment which, among other things, said:

> The author seems under to be under the wrong impression that Mastodon servers are isolated communities (and therefore compares them to subreddits). This is incorrect. (...)

And then a person further replied with:

> This is only true among mastodon servers that connect to each other. As I recall, most servers would not talk to gab's servers.

It is as if there existed only two exclusive options: either you federate with Gab, or your server is a lone island. If you share the same sentiment, I think I can understand your wider experience and frustration with the Fediverse.

do you have a point you're trying to make?

Sure, in no particular order:

* Choosing not to federate, just like choosing to federate, is a feature, not a bug;

* You no longer lose your followers during account migration on Mastodon;

* If my instance does not federate with e.g. Gab, it does not mean that my instance is an insular community disconnected from others;

* I'm not complaining about Fediverse instances being insular communities and in fact I don't experience them being that way;

* You're getting multiple posts in a row flagged off HN and there's likely a common reason for that.

>* Choosing not to federate, just like choosing to federate, is a feature, not a bug;

i never disagreed with that part just the part where you thought that means that instances that don't federate actually do federate.

> * You no longer lose your followers during account migration on Mastodon;

always nice to meet with a fan

>* If my instance does not federate with e.g. Gab, it does not mean that my instance is an insular community disconnected from others;

Of course not, that comes from all the other instances its also not federating with.

>* I'm not complaining about Fediverse instances being insular communities and in fact I don't experience them being that way;

then this is all just a big misunderstanding and your original post was completely irrelevant to the thread

> You're getting multiple posts in a row flagged off HN and there's likely a common reason for that.

Gee whiz not the internet forum moderators! what ever shall i do? please don't take away my upvotes!