@freemo @realcaseyrollins Wouldn't presume to tell you how to moderate things. If you think you've struck a good balance, then that's great!
I just wanted to give you an impression on the ground, as a new user joining the instance. When I see a federated timeline filled with disinformation and lolicon, my first thought isn't, "wow, this instance must have a minimal moderation policy", it's "wow, no one is looking at what the timeline is showing our users, and new users are getting shown lolicon and disinformation."
I'm just happy to have reasonable discussions Online!
But that's what moderation is. Are you suggesting this instance is unmoderated?
> I see no reason we should be dictating who our users want to follow or interact with though from other servers
But we just discovered a reason here, right? Plenty of people didn't even know how to mute domains until this thread. So there's a technical onus to having people decide on their own which domains to mute.
By activate moderation of fediverse connections, you're relieving the onus on users to deal with objectional content on their own, each time they see it.
Walking around a friend's apartment helping them process everything.
Point to a dresser whose surface is packed to the brim with *stuff*.
I ask if they're comfortable with everything here, if it all looks good, she just kind of nods explaining that it all belongs there.
I point to about four rolled posters, pinned between the dresser and the wall. "Are you sure? It looks like you may want to hang these up."
She looks at them. "Oh. Yeah."
"It's amazing how quickly the things you want to do just become part of the scenery."