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?
@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.
@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 @jpatton I guess I'm a little slow, but you are right qoto.org is on that list. Someone has opened a PR to remove it, which I think they should. Your solution seems solid though, maybe we will get there someday.