Has anyone seen this organized anti-trans campaign? I've been seeing a bunch of posts with:
- An anime girl avatar
- A short, violently anti-trans message
- A huge list of unrelated hashtags (which is why I'm seeing them)
- A video
I block the instances as I see them, but that doesn't help much as each seems to come from a new instance.
What defense does Mastodon have against such an attack? The only tactic I can think of is pre-screening instances before federating with them, which would be a problem for all small instances.
@peterdrake I have noticed it as well, starting yesterday (or perhaps a little earlier). Many of them are coming from sites listed in the #fediblock list. For the first time since joining the fediverse, I have resorted to domain blocking, and that seems quite effective.
@foolishowl @peterdrake Ah - apologies for possible mis-use of the hashtag there. I'm perfectly happy with the system of choosing what instances to block for myself rather than asking admins to do it.
@aebrockwell @peterdrake I'm convinced now the biggest problem with the Fediverse is that hardly anyone is thinking about democratic governance of instances. We're just arguing about good and bad admins like we were arguing about good and bad kings.
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Actually I already started an initiative that is exactly that, democratic governance of federation between instances.. Its called UFoI:
@freemo @foolishowl @aebrockwell Any timeline for launching the UFoI?
I finished coding up the first component (the claims server, which is the core reporting piece).. So development is half done. the other half to be done is the voting framework.
We provide a csv file of fediblock that one can import to block this servers rather quickly. See here if you'd like to use it.
But yes if your getting harassed, report it or we can act.
@freemo @aebrockwell Ah, I see, it's a pinned toot on your profile. Reasonably public, but the about page would be an even better place.
There is a maintenance issue: won't people have to do this on a regular basis?
@aebrockwell @peterdrake That hashtag is supposed to call attention to problematic Mastodon instances and individuals, so instance admins can assess whether to defederate the instances in question. It's very easy to set up a new Mastodon instance, and bigots and fascists do it all the time, so constant attention is required.