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Re:Java Is Still Free on Monday October 15, 2018 @06:58AM (#18218743)
Why not? Google Docs does not show any stupid popovers, ads or anything
What does that matter? Once they've clicked they'll see the URL in the location bar
Re:Mastodon’s 2 Year Anniversary on Sunday October 14, 2018 @03:02PM (#18214499)
Hmm... I don't see any antisemitism in there?

In any case, you should contact the admins of your instance, but most probably they have blocked that instance, as it appears on blocklists for being a free speech zone.

Re:Mastodon’s 2 Year Anniversary on Sunday October 14, 2018 @01:55PM (#18214130)
There are public blocklists that Mastodon instances associated with the left (most of them) use. They are one Google search away.
You really don't need an app to read a newspaper.
Re:Mastodon’s 2 Year Anniversary on Sunday October 14, 2018 @08:01AM (#18212500)
As an example, that one will ban extreme (and not so extreme) right-wingers. But you also have the opposite in other servers. And of course those servers refuse to federate with others. So there obviously are no flame wars like on Twitter... All ideologies are separated.

The reason there are no flame wars is not that Mastodon users are somewhat enlightened, as opposed to the Twitter rabble. Instead, clashes are avoided by having (and enforcing) rules and banning ideologies. The catch here is that this would never scale; this only works because there are only a few users.

Re:Mastodon’s 2 Year Anniversary on Sunday October 14, 2018 @07:01AM (#18212336)
Of course it doesn't show up: most if not all Mastodon servers ban you for having the wrong political ideology, it's in the server rules of most of them.
I am happy about this happening because the Australian and British accents are unintelligible sometimes.
Re:Want to Punish Saudi Arabia? Cut Off Its Weapons Supply on Saturday October 13, 2018 @03:58PM (#18209702)
The greatest ally of our greatest ally must be our greatest ally as well. This post from the nytimes just underlines this new wave of antisemitism that is coming from the left (for example, Corbyn) that has to be stopped.