@Shkshkshk@nostupidquestions As an admin of my own I usually approve instances manually. Though many times at least after 6.0 update many instances might have missing public/private keys preventing correct federation.
If i understand correctly, whataboutism is used to burry a statement without any solid counter-argument. The accusation of it burries the whataboutism’s argument, which could be valid nonetheless.
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