So I got to do something awesome last night for the first time:
Block an entire server.
I wrote a thread about my optimism about the possibilities of the Fediverse, and a troll showed with a vulgar, unkind reply. Their domicile? A server of “free speech maximalist,” 4chan-like children.
Awesome. Not at all my value set, but happy they have a place to live. With a couple clicks, I’ll never see another notification from there again.
On Twitter this would have been endless whack-a-mole.
Mastodon allowing communities to decide their norms and enforce accordingly
while allowing individuals and other servers to decide which communities they accept
is among the most exciting parts of the network design here. More than anything else, it may be the structural feature that convinces me this is the future.
@danilo I think the next level needs to be reporting so that we do not all have to identify bad actors, but so the whole fediverse can be aware, BEFORE ENGAGEMENT, what servers or users can be credibly thought to be bad actors
@n00b @danilo@hachyderm.io
<<Known "bad actors" are already a thing for those who have been here long enough. Recently new users caused chaos by recklessly starting a mass fediblock shit show. This pissed off multiple instance owners who had to maintain, clean-up and reconnect after them. For new users, they should be asking other admins or lurk around a while before blindly copy/pasting stuff without permission from someone else's notes.
@potatolicious
>>@Danilo Key here though is account portability - if a community goes haywire re: moderation, blocking, etc, users need to be able to leave with minimal/no loss of function.
<< This is already possible, given the admins in question permit it by adjusting access to the accounts accordingly. I'm assuming this is I'm regards to transferring accounts between servers.
