

Why are the communist/socialist instances blocked by default and not like, maga? I see it’s blocked by my instance anyway, but thought it was weird to block those three considering there are much worse instances. I already unblocked them, so I don’t need help, I’m just wondering why.
There are two types of instance blocking: those that start off in each user’s block list, and defederation. The first one can be reverted by a user (what you have done) while the latter one cannot be changed by anyone but admin. So, MAGA instances are more likely to be defederated (along with spam-filled instances).
As for the communist instances blocked by default, I guess you mean hexbear and lemmygrad. These are authoritarian-leaning instances known to be pretty combative (and really liking China).











Thanks!