It&#x27;s federated so they can&#x27;t just ban you from their public stream on the website. It doesn&#x27;t ban you from the entire network. It&#x27;s why they link to the other sites for anyone not interested in being moderated.<p>In fact, I like this approach regardless of the tone the mods at quitter take since it means I can spin up my own instance and block their crap from my public feed if I&#x27;m not interested in Stalinist&#x2F;Maoist hero worship. :)