Post 1697835 by thatcosmonaut@monads.online
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(DIR) Post #1697834 by HYPERLINK@radical.town
2018-12-04T01:39:34Z
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real talk: i've been thinking and talking about content moderation on mastodon a lot recently. is there a way for us users to prevent shithead nazis from using the mastodon infrastructure to build a community in the way we have? in an ideal fediverse, how should content moderation policy be established and applied?
(DIR) Post #1697835 by thatcosmonaut@monads.online
2018-12-04T01:43:27.453381Z
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@HYPERLINK open source software is a double edged sword. no single entity controls it, but there's not really a way to stop anyone from using it. the good part is that people concentrate around shared interests and you can instance block shitty instances. so all the ancaps and nazi shitheads self-isolate and get blocked so nobody who doesnt explicitly seek that stuff out is gonna see it. i think it's working out pretty well so far honestly
(DIR) Post #1697837 by babe@glitterkitten.co.uk
2018-12-04T01:47:57Z
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@thatcosmonaut @HYPERLINK the fact that nazis and those adjacent tend to flock to instances of their own as they're not accepted on so many others has the effect of them exiling themselves. It seems like it'd be a weakness in the way this place works but it largely seems to be a strength since it's well communicated among instances who bad actors are.
(DIR) Post #1697838 by HYPERLINK@radical.town
2018-12-04T01:49:58Z
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@babe @thatcosmonaut hmm, maybe there's a way to have an open, collaborative instance blocking list that everyone can contribute to that has the effect of deplatforming? i'm reminded of 4chan containment boards for nazis back in the day
(DIR) Post #1697839 by pea@fuckonthefirst.date
2018-12-04T02:17:20.067689Z
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@HYPERLINK @thatcosmonaut @babe collaborative list is, IMO, and in a lot of people's opinions, a fairly bad ideait's basically bringing the bad parts of centralisation to a decentralised thing like the fediverse, in that there's now a High Council Of Deciders who are voting on things outside of the average user's reach, very "us and them"how we currently do moderation works, it's pretty hard for an instance to stay federated with yours for very long if they're being shitty toward your views/shitty to your users and that keeps the moderation itself fairly decentralised tooit's easy to try and throw centralised solutions onto the fediverse but rarely is it necessary
(DIR) Post #1701613 by bigl0af@social.foxfam.club
2018-12-04T05:05:46.020762Z
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@thatcosmonautAs an ancap I'm feeling the love, ready to submit my first pull request now! 😂😂😂@HYPERLINK