soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
None of the open source projects are putting up any real resistance to the age verification agenda. They are helping obfuscate it with effete, token efforts that accomplish nothing.
Age Verification is merely a subterfuge for establishing an API for remote viewing and control of your system. It is a 'baby step' toward the real goal of panopticon control of all digital communication and data.
When the nations are ruled by genocidal criminals, the rulers are paranoid and want to know and control everything. They instinctively fear rebellion because they know they are guilty.