As a member of the greater Fediverse, and having been subject to Mr. G's whims, this article may surprise you. If you thought you disliked him, it may change your mind.

https://medium.com/@cassolotl/i-left-mastodon-yesterday-4c5796b0f548

> I would also want to block Gargron and his posse of advocates so I don’t get sucked into it all again, but the subpar block system means I would still see him when he gets boosted by other people. I would want to mute posts about the drama (usually called “discourse”) over the whole site with keyword mutes, but the keyword mute system is currently regex (😡🙄😫), limited per timeline (Home, local, federated), and doesn’t work on notifications or people’s profiles at all. This makes it impossible for me to be there.

Ironically, I think Pleroma would be able to accomplish most of what the writer needs here.