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Mastodon has one really bad feature that enhances rage, like usually only non-Fediverse social media plattforms do.
If someone deletes their post someone else replied to, that reply suddenly is no longer a reply, but a standalone post and therefore more visible (e.g. in timelines that hide replies and on that person's profile).
Why is this a problem? Because chances are high that the reason why you delete your post is because you don't like the reply. And now the reply is on full display so more people can not-like it.
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Mastodon has one really bad feature that enhances rage, like usually only non-Fediverse social media plattforms do.
If someone deletes their post someone else replied to, that reply suddenly is no longer a reply, but a standalone post and therefore more visible (e.g. in timelines that hide replies and on that person's profile).
Why is this a problem? Because chances are high that the reason why you delete your post is because you don't like the reply. And now the reply is on full display so more people can not-like it.
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Having a website that does MAME emulation is neat.
But, goddamn,
mastodon.playeretro.com... Don't spam the #Retrogaming hashtag with a random game ad every five minutes.And spinning up another random account name to replace the one I already banned? That's a full instance defederation. Congrats.
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Having a website that does MAME emulation is neat.
But, goddamn,
mastodon.playeretro.com... Don't spam the #Retrogaming hashtag with a random game ad every five minutes.And spinning up another random account name to replace the one I already banned? That's a full instance defederation. Congrats.
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„Unzureichend moderierte Provokateure und Besserwisser“ auf
… Belege raussuch …
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CW: Harassment on Mastodon
Your points in this thread about harassment of visible female/POC accounts are extremely valid.
Might be really one of the reasons why Mastodon still struggles to get traction. (Caveat: we should care more about the people, not so much about comparing user counts of platforms, of course).
Dear people, consider also that it is much easier to endure the infrequent but still horrible nazi-harasser when you feel supported by the community. When you feel unwelcome because of replyguys and mansplainers, maybe you don't have the spoons to endure the additional "real" targeted harassment..Sadly, I know no silver bullet for this situation besides all the stuff we know already:
- don't be an asshole reply guy. Breathe before responding. Ask yourself: does the world really need my answer? Read people's profiles before interacting, especially when you disagree with something. (This helps also to reduce mansplaining)
- don't question the experience of people describing harassment. Just don't.
- report harassment also when it targets others. And step in. No need to be overzealous and get the pitchforks when a possibly neurodivergent person (especially when english is not their native language) writes a post in a weird tone. Our social media culture is heavily US-centered and not everybody understands the same codes. Learn ways to step in responsibly and adequate. A restorative justice approach might be more productive than outrage cyclesin the long run, but of course, there are clear red lines.
- for mods/afmins: consider stricter anti-harassment moderation and less "this is the internet, man up" - discourses
- support people that try to implement anti-harassment tools into Mastodon, because of course, it is the culture of human interactions in each place, but the available tools for moderation and interaction (e. g. control over visibility, optional restrict replies or similar). Some stuff is moving in the right direction, but still I have sometimes the sensation that stuff like fancy buttons is prioritized over these things.
- fucking listen to people.
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CW: Harassment on Mastodon
Your points in this thread about harassment of visible female/POC accounts are extremely valid.
Might be really one of the reasons why Mastodon still struggles to get traction. (Caveat: we should care more about the people, not so much about comparing user counts of platforms, of course).
Dear people, consider also that it is much easier to endure the infrequent but still horrible nazi-harasser when you feel supported by the community. When you feel unwelcome because of replyguys and mansplainers, maybe you don't have the spoons to endure the additional "real" targeted harassment..Sadly, I know no silver bullet for this situation besides all the stuff we know already:
- don't be an asshole reply guy. Breathe before responding. Ask yourself: does the world really need my answer? Read people's profiles before interacting, especially when you disagree with something. (This helps also to reduce mansplaining)
- don't question the experience of people describing harassment. Just don't.
- report harassment also when it targets others. And step in. No need to be overzealous and get the pitchforks when a possibly neurodivergent person (especially when english is not their native language) writes a post in a weird tone. Our social media culture is heavily US-centered and not everybody understands the same codes. Learn ways to step in responsibly and adequate. A restorative justice approach might be more productive than outrage cyclesin the long run, but of course, there are clear red lines.
- for mods/afmins: consider stricter anti-harassment moderation and less "this is the internet, man up" - discourses
- support people that try to implement anti-harassment tools into Mastodon, because of course, it is the culture of human interactions in each place, but the available tools for moderation and interaction (e. g. control over visibility, optional restrict replies or similar). Some stuff is moving in the right direction, but still I have sometimes the sensation that stuff like fancy buttons is prioritized over these things.
- fucking listen to people.
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Question for Moderators
(Thx for offering us space to ask)
@quintessenceHow effective are the current tools in helping you to counter mis-information (and dis-information) especially during election times?
Do the current tools provide powerful assistance to counter these threats? If not what are the next few logical features you’d love to see developed and incorporated into mastodon (be it for mods or ussrs)?
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Question for Moderators
(Thx for offering us space to ask)
@quintessenceHow effective are the current tools in helping you to counter mis-information (and dis-information) especially during election times?
Do the current tools provide powerful assistance to counter these threats? If not what are the next few logical features you’d love to see developed and incorporated into mastodon (be it for mods or ussrs)?
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You know what's cool? My account is open. People who want to follow me can without me authorizing it.
That said, the moderators have paused a few people from following me without my permission. One was a new account with only spam looking posts. The most current one was a new account with 5 followers and was following 1.7K accounts in 15 days. The posts looked like stolen images.
A brilliant shout out to my moderators on a job well done.
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You know what's cool? My account is open. People who want to follow me can without me authorizing it.
That said, the moderators have paused a few people from following me without my permission. One was a new account with only spam looking posts. The most current one was a new account with 5 followers and was following 1.7K accounts in 15 days. The posts looked like stolen images.
A brilliant shout out to my moderators on a job well done.
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Pinging @raph ! GPUs are cool, but moderation is important too... And algorithmic moderation has a lot in common with attack-resistant trust metric, no? 😏
Wouldn't you pick up this fight again? You could help Mastodon step up to @pluralistic wishes... Defending his backing of Bluesky, here he praises Bluesky Composable Moderation approach:#BlastFromThePast #PlatformModeration #MastodonModeration #TrustMetric
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It's times like the last 2 - 3 days with the large amount of spam that we've gotten that #AllThingsTech is certainly in need of someone who is active and a moderator.
Someone who can help handle all of the reports from those spam attacks.
Also worth mentioning, it would be nice to have a moderator who is going to actively speak about the instance and help it grow in various ways.
#MastoMod #Moderator #Moderation #MastodonModeration #MastodonModerator #SpamAttacks
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It's times like the last 2 - 3 days with the large amount of spam that we've gotten that #AllThingsTech is certainly in need of someone who is active and a moderator.
Someone who can help handle all of the reports from those spam attacks.
Also worth mentioning, it would be nice to have a moderator who is going to actively speak about the instance and help it grow in various ways.
#MastoMod #Moderator #Moderation #MastodonModeration #MastodonModerator #SpamAttacks
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"This blog post is also intended to function both as a blog post and as entry level user documentation for the #MastodonModeration Report feature and the actions moderators can take. As already mentioned it is long, so there are two parts. This post is Part A and the next part will be Part B and focus on communication strategies relevant to #moderation activity."
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"This blog post is also intended to function both as a blog post and as entry level user documentation for the #MastodonModeration Report feature and the actions moderators can take. As already mentioned it is long, so there are two parts. This post is Part A and the next part will be Part B and focus on communication strategies relevant to #moderation activity."
