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1. FediFollows 👻 (fedifollows@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Nov-2021 10:05:05 UTC FediFollows 👻

   • FediBlock

   FediBlock is a volunteer group which recommends Fediverse instances to block due to hate speech etc. You can follow them at:

   ➡️ @fediblock

   Their website is at https://rathersafe.space/fediblock

   As a safeguard against malicious blocking, blocks are voted on by the volunteers, with single votes against enough to stop block recommendations.

   ❗ IMPORTANT NOTE: Despite the similar names and similar logos, I have no connection to FediBlock.

   #FediBlock #Fediverse #Activism #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

   • Future is FOSS (futureisfoss@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Nov-2021 10:08:16 UTC Future is FOSS

     in reply to

     • FediBlock
     • Tio

     @FediFollows
     Yeah, I think users should be responsible for blocking content they don't like, not instance admins. Projects such as this would hopefully make that task easier for people.

     @tio, you might be interested in this. As an instance admin who don't like to censor content, this could be a potential resource you can send people to when they ask for moderation :)
     @fediblock

   • PaulaToThePeople :VeryQueer: (paulatothepeople@climatejustice.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Nov-2021 10:08:16 UTC PaulaToThePeople :VeryQueer:

     in reply to

     • FediBlock
     • Tio
     • Future is FOSS

     @futureisfoss
     That is exactly the opposite of the projects intention.
     Admins and moderators should very much be the ones to moderate. They should protect users from harassment.
     Making it the user's responsibility to block harassers is almost victim blaming.

     @FediFollows @tio @fediblock

   • Tio (tio@social.trom.tf)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Nov-2021 10:08:29 UTC Tio

     in reply to

     • FediBlock
     • Tio
     • Future is FOSS
     • PaulaToThePeople :VeryQueer:
     @futureisfoss @FediFollows @PaulaToThePeople @fediblock If you start to blame the instance admins for the content of the users on their instance, you do two very bad things:

     • You create a mini-facebook out of all instances, and transform admins into biased owners of these communication platforms. Giving so much power to admins cannot result into anything good. They will be biased, users will be pissed.
     • No one human can manage tens of others, let alone hundreds or thousands. You put too much pressure on instance admins.

     So, if you block our instance then you are not helping anyone and it is more unfair than what facebook does. Considering that users can easily block other users and maybe even instances, then why not let users decide for themselves what to block and what not? It is beyond me this culture of "lets protect the internet kids from the things we think they should not see". Let these kids be grown ups and protect themselves since it is so easy to do so.