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[–] [email protected] 234 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Probably to avoid linking to kid diddler instances.

[–] [email protected] 145 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Steam loves to minimize moderation so you’re probably correct

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Given that half the games are anime waifu sims these days, I can only imagine what horrors you'd unleash letting people link to their profiles on anime waifu mastodon instances.

Actually no, I don't have to imagine it since I've seen the horrors with my own eyes.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Having gone to Tokyo's Akihabara and gone to the depths of anime waifu hell...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

That's disgusting!

Where?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I mean have you seen gamers?

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They should use fediseer to accept the top 100 most reputable mastodons

https://gui.fediseer.com/

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don't think their devs are having a hard time figuring out how to support different instance names...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Then why don't they accept any instance? Fediseer has an api where they can see the most reputable instances and limit to only allowing those reputable instances.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Because of what everyone else here is saying. If you're a company like Valve, you don't want to open a portal to undesirable content that isn't moderated. They chose the biggest instances with the most users because those are generally going to be the safest ones.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

which is why im saying use fediseer so they dont have to hand pick 5 instances

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're missing the point. They chose those instances INTENTIONALLY. They don't need your solution because there is no problem. 🤦

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

They probably just wanted a handful so they can slap it in a regex and be done with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Might have been a temporary issue. It’s working for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Try Tor Browser in strict mode. It just loads an empty white page.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Definitely doesn't sound like an issue with Tor Browser in Strict Mode. /s

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

I doubt that's the case since you can freely link to external sites elsewhere?