I'm kind of amused at seeing the remote follows (you know one of the things Gargron said he didnt need to do like GS does) biting Mastodon in the ass as other people open instances now.  I'm pretty convinced it was something done specifically to try to capture people into his mastodon.social instance (can't easily follow them remotely, guess you'll have to make an account here!) that's now hurting more than helping as people stand up mastodon instances.