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Because each instance/server has to have its own connector coded, inclusion by another site becomes a choice. And each choice becomes a de facto statement of endorsement.

I don't envy you, as I think perhaps "uproars" like this are intentionally part of the structure of Mastodon. There are no rules except those each instance sets for itself and its users. If they deem a user's links to be harmful, they can block the user posting them. If they deem another instance as harmful, they'll disconnect from it, to varying degrees. If one of their users doesn't agree, changing to another instance which does not block it is a matter of clicking a button. The goal is a self-governing system.

The problem for outside sites is they need to vet each instance they allow links to, just as each instance administrators must do. Perhaps the answer is to simply code connectors to the top x instances by user count or traffic. Or perhaps just a bit more active selection is needed.

A few other perspectives on the matter, if it helps:

"Journalists want to re-create Twitter on Mastodon. Mastodon is not into it."
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/journalists-want-to-recreate-twitter-on-mastodon-mastodon-is-not-into-it.php

"An update on Journa.host"
https://blog.infosec.exchange/2022/11/20/an-update-on-journa-host/

Finally, however you decide to handle this, thank you for everything you do and have done here.