Rather than talk in the abstract about whether consensus blocklists are good or bad, let's consider a specific example.
Let's suppose Georgia Tech wants to join the Fediverse. They want to start an instance at social.gatech.edu. ♥️
Georgia Tech has a student body of about 47K students. This includes the largest number of women engineering students in the US, and one of the largest Black engineering student bodies on Earth.
How does GT protect their students without consensus block lists?
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I'd say GT shouldn't be attempting to protect students from content in the first place. It should empower those adults to control their own lives and experiences as they engage with the real world.
Give them tools to shape their experiences of the world and then stand aside.
But sure, in reality there are legal issues that might block that approach.
In that case GT should not start an instance for its students.
It should simply say, We're sorry, but there's no good way to provide social media infrastructure for you, students, so we won't be going that direction.
