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So I found this cool new tool that looks like a very new take on the idea of a blocklist, not really sure I can even call it a block list.
https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/qoto.org
As I understand it it does a few things:
1) Only system administrators can get accounts, but users can view the data
2) a chain of trust which in and of itself only proves you arent a spammer. Anyone in the chain of trust can add other instances. Once an instance is in the chain then their admin can get an account and contribute
3) an instance in the chain of trust can add up to 20 other instances to the chain of trust. Should the instance loose their trust from their parent then the entire chain breaks including instances it trusted.
4) You can add endorsements.. this is stronger than adding someone to the chain of trust. It is a way of you saying "this is a good server" and explaining what features make them a server you endorce
5) You can censure instances too, these are instances you block and give reasons why.
6) there are also lesser categories like hesitations where you can list concerns but not suggesting blocking.
7) All this can be automatically populated from your instances black/white list if you wish. Or you can add entries manually
8) you get a little badge you can put on your servers about me that shows the number of endorsements you have live.
I do highly encourage everyone to check it out.
@freemo
It really looks cool.
We've finally got guarantee and I've spent some time spreading our guarantees and some endorsements too.
Also I've just wrote a feature request for it which I think could be useful for instances with more flexible moderation policies than usual:
@skobkin I reached out to them seeing if they would be interested in me contributing some features... no response... I may just fork it and run my own if its not actively maintained
@skobkin BTW do you know off hand if QOTO was endorsed and if so if endorsements are set to invisible for everyone?
Im just curious because it says i have 5 endorsements but even when im logged in I only see 4.
@freemo From my POV you have 5 endorsements from several instances including ours.
Maybe it's a cache problem?
@skobkin No you have your visibility set to off I think... you can see it but your the only one who can see it, not even i can.
