Not so sure about Qoto's open door policy. I've barely been on here and my replies already have some pretty vile hate speech.
Are there mechanisms for people to share block lists on Mastodon?
Is there an automated way to hold instance operators accountable for behavior on their server? E.g. boot this person or have your whole instance blocked?
@ambihelical @acjay here's hachyderm's list in case it helps https://hachyderm.io/@nova/109292353164546859
@ambihelical @acjay (Clearly I'm able to still follow specific qoto users... Can't say I completely understand what's going on under the hood.)
@jpatton @ambihelical yeah, damn, I don't really like the fact that I'm on a server that is blocked there. But that's what I mean by a mechanism for accountability. Rather than blocking at a server to server level, I'm talking about a way for individuals to report bad users to that user's server, and if the moderation request isn't resolved, the user will automatically block the full server. (In case I didn't describe this clearly enough.) Servers that can't keep their users from not being abusive will simply find their reach curtailed over time. Kind of like getting poor rep on your domain hurting your email deliverability.
@acjay You're best off blocking the whole instances yourself of certain instances as the instance admins couldn't care less over there.
Qoto has a very open stance here. Whenever possible, we won't suspend (block) servers. We leave that power in the hands of the users, because the users have all the tools available to them.
When an instance actually repeatedly harrass and go out of their way to do so, we might reconsider.
That said, I've blocked a fair amount of instances myself. It takes a bit of time to get to the sweet spot but after that it's a smooth ride.
We prefer this over the walled gardens that some other instances are, who then block more than necessary and make the federated space smaller for themselves.
@acjay My instance over on mastodon.world has some pretty clamped down rules on vile hate speech so that's nice. You can also tag #fediblock in a post referencing the jerk(s) (with the CW tool to hide it from people) to add to the list that gets more universally blocked by many of the server mods.
@acjay Hmm, I'm just learning that Fediblock is more about entire instances and not all admins look at it. You can also report and block to the person's admins and also to your own.
@acjay One of the nice things I've noticed here is you can block entire groups of "people" by blocking the servers they have accreted onto.
But yes, having lists of certain classes of servers that we could block all at once would be quite nice. I don't know if that exists tbh.