#fedimoderation — Public Fediverse posts

Hey moderators of Mastodon... is there a way to import a list of problem users to ban them as a group at the instance lvl? We ask because we see a few very prolific, very obnoxious serial block evaders come up on the reg. It would be great to create a shareable list to allow mods to ban them with a click.

#FediMods #Fedimoderation #Fediblock #FediAdmin

Hey moderators of Mastodon... is there a way to import a list of problem users to ban them as a group at the instance lvl? We ask because we see a few very prolific, very obnoxious serial block evaders come up on the reg. It would be great to create a shareable list to allow mods to ban them with a click.

#FediMods #Fedimoderation #Fediblock #FediAdmin

Hey moderators of Mastodon... is there a way to import a list of problem users to ban them as a group at the instance lvl? We ask because we see a few very prolific, very obnoxious serial block evaders come up on the reg. It would be great to create a shareable list to allow mods to ban them with a click.

#FediMods #Fedimoderation #Fediblock #FediAdmin

Hey moderators of Mastodon... is there a way to import a list of problem users to ban them as a group at the instance lvl? We ask because we see a few very prolific, very obnoxious serial block evaders come up on the reg. It would be great to create a shareable list to allow mods to ban them with a click.

#FediMods #Fedimoderation #Fediblock #FediAdmin

Hey moderators of Mastodon... is there a way to import a list of problem users to ban them as a group at the instance lvl? We ask because we see a few very prolific, very obnoxious serial block evaders come up on the reg. It would be great to create a shareable list to allow mods to ban them with a click.

#FediMods #Fedimoderation #Fediblock #FediAdmin

@aral @staff @haubles

I agree 100% with you for the need of a 'post under moderation' flag. That would make mod's work so much easier, also because it removes a lot of pressure to come up with a firm decision taken consensually by a team of volunteers dispersed over all timezones.

Nevertheless, I am still i favour of mods being able to delete posts (there's a lot of heinous shit we don't see because somebody made an early report and the mods could act swiftly on obviously horrible things®).

I mean, moderation errors sometimes happen and post deletions can be already reversed.

On the other side, although I am more on the 'if you don't like your mods decisions, move to another instance'-argument side, the moving costs are too high (you'll loose your posts and sometimes followers) and in practice, at the moment of setting up an account it is not possible to know how moderation rules are enforced on a specific instance.

EDIT: that said, it is of course preferrable when mods contact users with 'hey, for reasons XY we suggest that you delete the post'. But again, this works only for the 'homo fediresponsiblus' kind of person and then there's also the mod-workload thing.

#Fedimoderation #Moderation

So. Fertig. Ich hab genug. 😟

Hab jetzt die Instanz umgestellt auf "erstmal Account beantragen". Leider eine Hürde für echte Menschen aber halt auch eine Hürde für die Scam-Accounts.

#mastodon #moderation #fedimoderation

#Fediverse #Blocklists: #Moderation in Noncapitalist #SocialMedia

> the paper explores how fediverse blocklist developers attempt to mitigate the problems of lists while also generating knowledge about content moderation

@aram York University

2025-09-20: https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1556

#SciComm #WissKomm #FediModeration #CulturalStudies #SocialScience #SocialMedia #ContentModeration

#Fediverse #Blocklists: #Moderation in Noncapitalist #SocialMedia

> the paper explores how fediverse blocklist developers attempt to mitigate the problems of lists while also generating knowledge about content moderation

@rwg York University

2025-09-20: https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1556

#SciComm #WissKomm #FediModeration #CulturalStudies #SocialScience #SocialMedia #ContentModeration

#Fediverse #Blocklists: #Moderation in Noncapitalist #SocialMedia

> the paper explores how fediverse blocklist developers attempt to mitigate the problems of lists while also generating knowledge about content moderation

@rwg York University

2025-09-20: https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1556

#SciComm #WissKomm #FediModeration #CulturalStudies #SocialScience #SocialMedia #ContentModeration

#Fediverse #Blocklists: #Moderation in Noncapitalist #SocialMedia

> the paper explores how fediverse blocklist developers attempt to mitigate the problems of lists while also generating knowledge about content moderation

@aram York University

2025-09-20: https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1556

#SciComm #WissKomm #FediModeration #CulturalStudies #SocialScience #SocialMedia #ContentModeration

#Fediverse #Blocklists: #Moderation in Noncapitalist #SocialMedia

> the paper explores how fediverse blocklist developers attempt to mitigate the problems of lists while also generating knowledge about content moderation

@aram York University

2025-09-20: https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1556

#SciComm #WissKomm #FediModeration #CulturalStudies #SocialScience #SocialMedia #ContentModeration

We should pay attention to how the far-right movement will try to undermine BlueSky. What we learn could be useful in the future.

Moderation might turn out to be the biggest challenge.

#FediModeration #FarRight

Y'know, I think people like the Jimmy Truths dude serve as an example of the shortcomings of #Fediverse moderation. This dude has likely made like, hundreds of accounts on dozens of instances, but all the instance owners can do is suspend his account. It's gotten to the point where the dude now keeps coming back with usernames and posts mocking the admins for being unable to permanently remove him, often on the same instance repeatedly.

Larger companies can do things like send cease and desist letters, contact his ISP, hardware ban him, etc a lot easier. They simply have more resources to deal with really tenacious harassers than the average instance admin does. I'm not a networking expert, but I wish there was a way to actually deal with guys like this because as the Fediverse grows in popularity, it's likely more users like this guy will crop up.

I can imagine it being pretty easy for bad actors to focus their attention on a single instance and overwhelm it if there's enough of them. Or people like this dude so persistent and obnoxious that it wears the often volunteer staff down over a long stretch of time.

There seriously needs to be focus put on improving moderation tools for Mastodon before we get to that point.

#Fedi #FediModeration #Moderation #FediTalk #Mastodon

There appears to be another wave of bots sharing TinyURL links and NSFW hashtags, while not using any content warning to censor the thumbnail, which is uncensored porn. The URLs may lead to phishing or malware.

The description used by the accounts seems to promote some shopping website, which may be another scam.

#fediadmin #FediModeration #admin #moderation

I'm intrigued by some posts I've seen saying that Mastodon, or more generally the Fediverse, has the same problem with minorities that we find widely on traditional social media platforms, especially the big tech ones like x and meta. I disagree if you compare it to the cases where constantly outrageous posts appear on your timeline harming minorities.

How could technology solve a problem that is inherently caused by human beings? If, at the moment, this federated social media is still not a safe space for minorities, isn't this a good time and a great opportunity to solve the moderation problems while we still have far fewer people active here? Offenders will not cease to exist, and technology can only mitigate the damage they can cause.

We have a big challenge if this is really going to scale.

#fediverse #minorities #ContentModeration #FediModeration #Mastodon

@BeAware @askesis 18 years ago, the University of São Paulo tried to create its own social network platform, the Stoa project http://stoa.usp.br (it seems abandoned, they don't even have an SSL certificate).

Indeed, moderation was an issue. As an example, I had my blog and account deleted, because the rector ordered, and I was fired from the development team, due to a misunderstanding. I published a first April joke, that some people believed, and it even ended up in the news. 😂

Be the way, one of the goals of the project was to be federated and we aimed to connect to other educational and research institutes, using some protocol that allowed that.

Today I laugh, but there were some tough cases where some people were advocating violence, and our small team (4-5 developers) had to deal with it. I cannot image how it would be in case of a very active system in a university as big as University of São Paulo, that can have hundreds of thousands, if we allow the alumni to join. Or dozens of thousands, if just active members can join. You need a team dedicated to the moderation, which is not trivial.

P. S. 18 years, not 14, as I initially wrote. Oh, gosh, almost 2 decades!

#university #decentralization #federation #fediverse #FediModeration

Why are big Instances bad for the Fediverse?

It's quite simple:
bigger instance -> more moderation work -> need for bigger team -> harder to find consensus within the moderation team -> less strict moderation

Also:
bigger instance -> more different ideologies among userbase -> harder for other instances to decide to block that instance / or greater impact on federation if big instances are blocked

Additionally small instances can't easily block big instances, because doing so would impact their own userbase a lot and drive even more people to large instances.

So big instances mean a lot more work for smaller instances, because they have to deal with much more individual bad actors instead of just FediBlocking them in bulk.

All Fediverse softwares should have a 2k limit for monthly active users, so all instances automatically temporarily close registrations when that limit is reached.

#FediverseMeta #BigInstances #FediModeration #FediMods #FediBlockMeta

Two moderation features I wish mastodon had:
1. The ability to hide a comment from my replies. Or at least, if I block someone, their replies are not listed underneath my post on all servers
2. The ability to turn off replies.

#FediModeration

@sl007

But it's fine to call for the extermination of the Palestinian people, en masse?

That's not a problem for #FediModeration then

Got it

cc @digitalcourage

A CALL FOR ALL #FEDIVERSE MODERATORS
#Israel #Antisemitism #Law

Please note:
According to German Press Agency dpa, today 03:50 GMT, the slogan which I see frequently in my TL and which begins
“From the river”
is illegal in my country (!)

It is §130; hatepeech; inciting hatred against "national, racial, religious or ethnic groups"

Depending on the content, I will report such to the Staatsschutz (German State Protection).

#Moderation #FediModeration
/ @digitalcourage

@ueckueck
Ich würde die Frage aus Interesse mal an
#FediAdmin #FediverseModerationsTreff #FediModeration weitergeben wollen: Könnte eine "Opt-In per User mit Genehmigungsprozess"-Funktion eine Option für Zitierbare Beiträge sein?

cc: @ij @M @kirschwipfel @barning @fries @ebinger @wir @milan @Cedara

@schock Slashdot solved this problem 20 years ago:

https://slashdot.org/moderation.shtml

A few people are picked as meta-moderators. Then everyone else can moderate. Meta-moderators review the moderation of other users, and as these users are found to moderate properly (according to policy, etc), their moderation contributions are accepted, and over time they can be offered to become meta-moderators as well. That way, moderation becomes a shared responsibility of everyone who can follow the policy. Also if white people got to view the vile garbage that BIPOC and women are subject to, they would also understand what lurks in the shadows. Actually it's not in the shadows, but anyway they would be forced to acknowledge it.

#FediMeta #FediModeration #Moderation

@blakereid

The thing that's different here though is that the central, expandable protocol is not controlled by a corporation like XMPP was with Google.

I think what we will see are forks of Mastodon, along with other apps jumping on the ActivityPub bandwagon (HELLO TUMBLR!) that will break the artificial UX limits that the #Mastodon design community has put on.

The greater challenge though is to figure out how community moderation SCALES. There has to be a Slashdot-like moderation/metamoderation system put in place so that communities can mostly self-moderate. As long as moderation can't scale, massive social media can't be decentralized and run on the cheap.

#FediModeration
#FediMeta