@oliphant @freakazoid @Popehat Wait, what is this UFI thing? Haven’t heard of it (though by context sounds like that’s a good thing)
@jbc_3 @freakazoid @Popehat It's a really long story.
qoto got defederated.
Qoto then sent emails to several instance admins asking to be unblocked.
Admin of Qoto came up with the UFI, presumably, as a means of getting back to unblocked status.
One of the rules of the UFI is that members of the UFI *must* federate with each other.
It's viewed as a sneaky end-run around being blocked, and a way of bundling nazi servers together.
Though still can't see members yet.
@oliphant @jbc_3 @freakazoid @Popehat It was started, not as a "sneaky end run around being blocked", but rather as a means to add transparency and a proper process to prevent servers from getting blocked over false allegations.
The founder, the admin of QOTO, has even stepped down from any leadership role in UFoI to avoid any notion of impropriety.
