@fireglow @mwlucas FWIW, this is not new. Blocking federation of problematic instances has been a feature since very, very early on.

"random self-appointed sheriffs" is pretty much a description of the human substrate on which the fediverse runs.

@VyrCossont

@VyrCossont Oops, I think I butt-tooted your cat

@VyrCossont I think that's only fair

@selfsame What about streaming public access on twitch?

@selfsame There's also a Weather Channel simulator on Twitch, which is kind of public access adjacent https://www.twitch.tv/retroweatherchannel