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First of all: there's no context here; hell, we don't even know if it was Rimu who removed those. There's 6 admins on that instance.
More importantly though:
That's his instance.
He's also the main developer of the Pyfedi software, aka Piefed.
Please do not confuse the two.
And if someone argues that it's still a shitty thing to do, I say: compile such lists from all fediverse instances and make an informed comparison. Let's see if piefed.social doesn't actually come out less shitty than some.
I've been half following this drama for a while now and so far I haven't seen any proof that @Rimu is the villain some folks make him out to be. Neither a model of integrity, I guess. One of his biggest flaws seems to be that he engages too much with this meaningless shit.
People just see an opening in someone "powerful" (original software developer) and ... well, attack. "Speaking truth to power" they like to think, I guess.
I'm not a fanboi btw; give me real proof, not this whiny shit, I'm ready to change my mind. Until then, benefit of the doubt.