It is claimed that Mastodon has no particular political agenda, but it hasn't failed to escape me that a great number of instances have been set up to further very specific political goals. The people who run and use these instances have a very narrow and unwavering definition of free speech where any subject deemed too sensitive is subject to censoring, and any instance that does not comply is punished with suspension. My instance does NOT belong to that category.
@thor
re: Mastodon has no particular political agenda
Not quite, #Mastodon was created with the goal to be an alternative to the Tw/Fb duopoly of the collective cyber mind hive. That is VERY political.
re: 'these instances have a very narrow and unwavering definition of free speech'
You should name names. The 'political' instance I am on (soc.ialis.me) has pretty reasonable parameters, I think. What are your concerns exactly?
@jd I was recently suspended by an instance because I felt it was a bit much to require the users on my instance to hide political statuses behind a content warning. Not pornographic or obscene imagery, or profanity, or particularly controversial content. Just political statuses. Apparently, politics is a, uh, "trigger" for some people?