I am juat going to put this out here, I have been here longer than Beehaw, and I have never seen an admin team lest trustworthy than theirs. I would not take their stated reason.
Honestly the defederating because you still federate with us, I had not thought of but makes quite a but of sense
Look people have different motivations for different things, like it or not, not everyone is going to take the API issue and greed of a for profit company as a deal breaker, and I personally dont think we should lash out at those people. At the end of the day essentially all they are doing is choseing a different social media service.
Also may I ask why you "went into attack mode" when you still go onto reddit?
Please don't use autistic as a slur or insult.
how are they protesting?
This is what we call scab behavior, Kids do not be like this mod, do not be a scabb, if you see a picket line do not cross it. If everyone else is striking join your fellows and strike with them.
The Orville, and its less I refuse to be a mod for it, and more that I do not think that putting it on my instance would be the best place for it . That being said I keep thinking about doing that.
I am not sure you can, if you can I would love to find out. However, may I ask what community you are wanting to create?
Refutation of a baseless claim from a geopolitical rival, is not the same as denial.