#fedimods — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fedimods, aggregated by home.social.
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@Whiskeyomega hn. You could block the IP we think?
Moderation -> IP Rules -> Create Rule (on Masto)
https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/143.110.183.95
And I guess this is how u block ranges? Techies might know more.
https://www.calculator.net/ip-subnet-calculator.html
We think u would want to block
143.110.183.0/24 for that range? We think thats how to do it? -
@Whiskeyomega hn. You could block the IP we think?
Moderation -> IP Rules -> Create Rule (on Masto)
https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/143.110.183.95
And I guess this is how u block ranges? Techies might know more.
https://www.calculator.net/ip-subnet-calculator.html
We think u would want to block
143.110.183.0/24 for that range? We think thats how to do it? -
We're seeing a lot of account takeovers of old, unused accounts. If your account has elevated privileges (eg admin or moderator access) we strongly advise you enable multi-factor authentication.
Please boost for visibility.
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We're seeing a lot of account takeovers of old, unused accounts. If your account has elevated privileges (eg admin or moderator access) we strongly advise you enable multi-factor authentication.
Please boost for visibility.
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I limited* gaygeek.social for failing to handle their dav1d problem.
Open signup servers are a liability for the whole Fediverse, cause triggers and retraumatizations through toxic trolls, cause stress and burnout for admins and mods on other servers and make no sense outside a capitalist growth mindset.
*unfortunately limiting is a mostly useless feature and therefore more of a symbolic act.
Further actions will be discussed. -
I limited* gaygeek.social for failing to handle their dav1d problem.
Open signup servers are a liability for the whole Fediverse, cause triggers and retraumatizations through toxic trolls, cause stress and burnout for admins and mods on other servers and make no sense outside a capitalist growth mindset.
*unfortunately limiting is a mostly useless feature and therefore more of a symbolic act.
Further actions will be discussed. -
The 2026 Social Web Operations Survey is open.
If you're a platform admin, community manager, or frontline moderator, this needs assessment is designed for you.
Your feedback helps protect every independent social web community builder.
Take part here:
➡️ https://tally.so/r/81MW6k -
The 2026 Social Web Operations Survey is open.
If you're a platform admin, community manager, or frontline moderator, this needs assessment is designed for you.
Your feedback helps protect every independent social web community builder.
Take part here:
➡️ https://tally.so/r/81MW6k -
The doors are officially open for the Annual Social Web Operations Survey (formerly our annual Moderator Needs Assessment)!
If you're a platform admin, community manager, or frontline moderator, your experience and needs are what drives our work.
Take ten minutes to complete the survey today:
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The doors are officially open for the Annual Social Web Operations Survey (formerly our annual Moderator Needs Assessment)!
If you're a platform admin, community manager, or frontline moderator, your experience and needs are what drives our work.
Take ten minutes to complete the survey today:
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We've seen a lot of "known ick instances" come across fediblock lately, so to help, we're sharing some blocklists we reviewed / edited to build our initial lists. They are:
https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/05/02/fediverse-blocklists/
https://github.com/gardenfence/blocklist
We always recommend you read through, but if you don't have time... those are a pretty good starting point.
Some ppl use The Bad Space as well; we referenced their 90% list to catch extra ick. We'd suggest reviewing to make sure these lists don't defed instances u want to fed with:
https://tweaking.thebad.space/exports
You're also welcome to use ours (update this wknd we hope:)
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We've seen a lot of "known ick instances" come across fediblock lately, so to help, we're sharing some blocklists we reviewed / edited to build our initial lists. They are:
https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/05/02/fediverse-blocklists/
https://github.com/gardenfence/blocklist
We always recommend you read through, but if you don't have time... those are a pretty good starting point.
Some ppl use The Bad Space as well; we referenced their 90% list to catch extra ick. We'd suggest reviewing to make sure these lists don't defed instances u want to fed with:
https://tweaking.thebad.space/exports
You're also welcome to use ours (update this wknd we hope:)
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The Speakeasy is looking into publishing a dynamic, curated version of our blocklist for public use. In the meantime, we invite you to use our static lists. We hope they'll be useful to small instances who may not have the time to chase down every icky instance.
Primary Blocklist (needs refreshing) - Verified list of instances that violate the rules of the Speakeasy. Diotima has "add the new defedded instances" on her to-do list. If there's a way to share these dynamically, we'd love to hear.
US Government Domain List - A list of United States domains formatted for import. This list will NOT prevent the US govt from seeing your instance. It is mostly a protest list, though we did want to defed them pre-emptively in case they decided to propaganda dump on the fedi.
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The Speakeasy is looking into publishing a dynamic, curated version of our blocklist for public use. In the meantime, we invite you to use our static lists. We hope they'll be useful to small instances who may not have the time to chase down every icky instance.
Primary Blocklist (needs refreshing) - Verified list of instances that violate the rules of the Speakeasy. Diotima has "add the new defedded instances" on her to-do list. If there's a way to share these dynamically, we'd love to hear.
US Government Domain List - A list of United States domains formatted for import. This list will NOT prevent the US govt from seeing your instance. It is mostly a protest list, though we did want to defed them pre-emptively in case they decided to propaganda dump on the fedi.
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The Speakeasy has defederated from byzantinenexus(dot)io after investigating the report from @jeffowski concerning the behavior of one of its members.
Investigation revealed that the instance is a haven for antisemitic, racist, and homophobic material. They are primarily federated with the "usual suspects;" baraag, poa(dot)st and stuffs, and lack meqningfum moderation.
Given the bigotry, source of participants, and lack of moderation, we believe defederation is warranted at this time.
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The Speakeasy has defederated from byzantinenexus(dot)io after investigating the report from @jeffowski concerning the behavior of one of its members.
Investigation revealed that the instance is a haven for antisemitic, racist, and homophobic material. They are primarily federated with the "usual suspects;" baraag, poa(dot)st and stuffs, and lack meqningfum moderation.
Given the bigotry, source of participants, and lack of moderation, we believe defederation is warranted at this time.
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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.
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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.
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Das FediCamp geht in die nächste Runde!
https://friendica.rollenspiel.monster/display/b2e8d1f0-5669-f64d-bac1-356357241793
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Das FediCamp geht in die nächste Runde!
https://friendica.rollenspiel.monster/display/b2e8d1f0-5669-f64d-bac1-356357241793
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Das FediCamp geht in die nächste Runde!
https://friendica.rollenspiel.monster/display/b2e8d1f0-5669-f64d-bac1-356357241793
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Das FediCamp geht in die nächste Runde!
https://friendica.rollenspiel.monster/display/b2e8d1f0-5669-f64d-bac1-356357241793
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Das FediCamp geht in die nächste Runde!
https://friendica.rollenspiel.monster/display/b2e8d1f0-5669-f64d-bac1-356357241793
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#Moderation Alert:
ali525-q.hf.space seems to be made entirely for someone to repeatedly spam a claim that they are a Palestinian requesting money. Users, keep in mind that this is a very easy #scam as there is no way for moderation to confirm that these people are who they say they are, and it is unlikely.
Fellow #FediMods, feel free to check this instance, and correct me if I missed something, but as of now, I have suspended the instance as a spam vector and will be putting it on the next release of the public blocklist.
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#Moderation Alert:
ali525-q.hf.space seems to be made entirely for someone to repeatedly spam a claim that they are a Palestinian requesting money. Users, keep in mind that this is a very easy #scam as there is no way for moderation to confirm that these people are who they say they are, and it is unlikely.
Fellow #FediMods, feel free to check this instance, and correct me if I missed something, but as of now, I have suspended the instance as a spam vector and will be putting it on the next release of the public blocklist.
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Who moderates the social web?
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
https://about.iftas.org/2026/01/21/behind-the-numbers-who-moderates-the-social-web/
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Who moderates the social web?
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
https://about.iftas.org/2026/01/21/behind-the-numbers-who-moderates-the-social-web/
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The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report is now available.
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
Read it now: https://about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/the-2025-social-web-trust-safety-report-is-here/
#TrustAndSafety #Moderation #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Moderators #FediMods #MastoMods
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The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report is now available.
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
Read it now: https://about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/the-2025-social-web-trust-safety-report-is-here/
#TrustAndSafety #Moderation #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Moderators #FediMods #MastoMods
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CW: CW: Fedi-Moderation Blunt-Talk
Golly, typing the N-word into the search bar sure is a good way to find pedos...
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CW: CW: Fedi-Moderation Blunt-Talk
Golly, typing the N-word into the search bar sure is a good way to find pedos...
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Dear open registration servers, each day so far this week, I've opened my Mastodon client, only to see slurs, swastikas, and death threat videos of "me" being hanged.
This is the Nazi bar problem. They're standing on the curb and your doors are wide open. Sure, you're kicking them out after they walk in and punch a few customers, but is that really how you want your bar to be known? As the place that apologizes *after* the Nazi assaults you?
With the current US election results rolling in, it looks like we're in for another predictable wave of butthurt GravySeals aching to own the libs in a sad attempt to bring meaning to their poor little wannabe white power lives.
It's time to close registrations and step up moderation to protect the communities you helped grow.
Racism is chasing Black folx off Fedi.
Queerphobia is chasing LGBTQ+ folx off Fedi.
Sexism is chasing women off Fedi.Do you want another incel white boys club like Twitter? Because inaction is how you get there.
#FediAdmin, #FediMods, don't be a #NaziBar.
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Dear open registration servers, each day so far this week, I've opened my Mastodon client, only to see slurs, swastikas, and death threat videos of "me" being hanged.
This is the Nazi bar problem. They're standing on the curb and your doors are wide open. Sure, you're kicking them out after they walk in and punch a few customers, but is that really how you want your bar to be known? As the place that apologizes *after* the Nazi assaults you?
With the current US election results rolling in, it looks like we're in for another predictable wave of butthurt GravySeals aching to own the libs in a sad attempt to bring meaning to their poor little wannabe white power lives.
It's time to close registrations and step up moderation to protect the communities you helped grow.
Racism is chasing Black folx off Fedi.
Queerphobia is chasing LGBTQ+ folx off Fedi.
Sexism is chasing women off Fedi.Do you want another incel white boys club like Twitter? Because inaction is how you get there.
#FediAdmin, #FediMods, don't be a #NaziBar.
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I have an apology to issue. Yesterday, I called out a few large, open-registration instances (mastodon.social, vivaldi.net, and mas.to).
I was ticked off because (once again) a blatant Nazi troll account sent me (and several other folx) swastika photos and hate-speech.
I'm not apologizing for calling out large, open-signup instances. I stand by every word I said. But there's something I *didn't* say, and that's what I believe I owe an apology for.
When you have as many followers as I do, it's easy to start a dogpile—even unintentionally—and because of this, I always try to include a "be kind, don't attack folx" message when I rant about something. Yesterday I forgot to do that, and some mods and admins caught shit for it. It was my responsibility to anticipate my (sometimes overly) enthusiastic followers' reactions and head that off, and I failed to.
If you were one of the people yesterday who sent reports or messages that attacked *any* of the moderation team members of those servers, I would love it if you'd apologize to them. They're all volunteers, just like me, doing their best with what they've got. It's on all of us to make Fedi a safe space for each other.
To any of the wonderful volunteer moderators of Fedi who got nasty messages yesterday—or don't wake up every day feeling appreciated for their work—I'm sorry 🫂 you deserve better. I appreciate you 💞
Update: two of the three above instances' admin teams have personally reached out to me about my original post—and that's amazing! I hope we can work together to make Fedi a safer, more inclusive space for everyone (except Nazis).
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So many of the absolute worst accounts I suspend should *never* have gotten past signup 😮💨
If your username contains a slur, hate-speech, or a well-known troll or dogwhistle reference, then it is a failure of your moderators and administration if that account ever sees the light of day.
If someone walks into your instance doing a Nazi salute and you don't slam the door in their face *hard* then you've let your community down.
I'm looking at you big open-registration instances.
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Die Idee ist für #FediSingles eine #Flohmarkt Instanz aufzusetzen, hätte denn wer Lust mit zu Moderieren? Wäre natürlich erstmal nur ein Pilotprojekt.
Es gäbe sogar schöne nTDL's .date oder .love.
Ok es bleibt nur fedi.love, für fedi.date will an 331.04€ für die registrierung... -
It appears someone has been making new accounts on servers to circumvent being blocked/suspended.
They're using these accounts to doxx and spread false accusations against @carbonated_estrogen, who I personally know to be a lovely individual.
If you see anyone attacking @carbonated_estrogen or encouraging others to do so, please report them and any applicable posts.
⚠️ Please do not engage with the poster or dogpile on them. We don't fight harassment with harassment.
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The 2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment is open! If you run or moderate an online community, your feedback will guide the tools, training, and resources we focus on next year. See https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/ for details
#Fedimods #Moderators #FediAdmin #Moderation
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If you moderate, manage, or support online communities, IFTAS Connect is here for you.
Practical tools. Solidarity. Safer futures.
Apply to join: https://connect.iftas.org
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If you moderate, manage, or support online communities, IFTAS Connect is here for you.
Practical tools. Solidarity. Safer futures.
Apply to join: https://connect.iftas.org
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Being a moderator can be frustrating, isolating, even traumatic.
IFTAS Connect brings mutual support when it matters most - during harassment waves, burnout, or just a tough decision.
You’re not alone.
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Being a moderator can be frustrating, isolating, even traumatic.
IFTAS Connect brings mutual support when it matters most - during harassment waves, burnout, or just a tough decision.
You’re not alone.
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In IFTAS Connect, moderator member groups gather around specific moderation tooling, or topics like wellness and legal issues.
Come find your peers. Collaborate, learn, share.
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In IFTAS Connect, moderator member groups gather around specific moderation tooling, or topics like wellness and legal issues.
Come find your peers. Collaborate, learn, share.
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IFTAS Connect is a private, supportive space for moderators, admins, community managers and trust and safety leads across the Fediverse.
If you're working to keep your community safe, you're not alone.
Join us: https://connect.iftas.org
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IFTAS Connect is a private, supportive space for moderators, admins, community managers and trust and safety leads across the Fediverse.
If you're working to keep your community safe, you're not alone.
Join us: https://connect.iftas.org
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@iftas, an organization that's been helping make the fediverse a safer place by supporting admins, moderators and community managers, is asking for our support.
"[...] despite our best efforts to secure sustainable funding, IFTAS is now facing a critical financial shortfall. Without immediate support, we will be forced to severely curtail our activities in the next 60 days."
https://about.iftas.org/2025/02/06/funding-challenges-and-the-future-of-our-work/
EDIT: As per a reply, the team is mainly looking for pledges from large donors. Best way you can help as an individual is to spread the word!
#IFTAS #moderation #TrustAndSafety #fediverse #funding #FediMods #MastoMods
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@iftas, an organization that's been helping make the fediverse a safer place by supporting admins, moderators and community managers, is asking for our support.
"[...] despite our best efforts to secure sustainable funding, IFTAS is now facing a critical financial shortfall. Without immediate support, we will be forced to severely curtail our activities in the next 60 days."
https://about.iftas.org/2025/02/06/funding-challenges-and-the-future-of-our-work/
EDIT: As per a reply, the team is mainly looking for pledges from large donors. Best way you can help as an individual is to spread the word!
#IFTAS #moderation #TrustAndSafety #fediverse #funding #FediMods #MastoMods
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@gnulinux
> Vielleicht kann diese kurze Vorstellung dazu beitragen, damit ein wenig mehr Leben in das Forum und die Chatkanäle kommt.Das wäre auf jeden Fall echt nice :rm_smile:
#fediadmins #fedimods #mastoadmin #mastoadmins #mastomod #mastomods #fedimins -
@gnulinux
> Vielleicht kann diese kurze Vorstellung dazu beitragen, damit ein wenig mehr Leben in das Forum und die Chatkanäle kommt.Das wäre auf jeden Fall echt nice :rm_smile:
#fediadmins #fedimods #mastoadmin #mastoadmins #mastomod #mastomods #fedimins