deutrino
I really look down on people who instance-block legit nodes because they use a lot of database space, but maybe this is an ignorant opinion.
if an instance is generating a ton of text posts, or a ton of multimedia posts, perhaps it's extremely difficult to expire locally cached content with Mastodon and/or Pleroma?
because otherwise, it looks like people using instance blocks to wallpaper over their inability to manage their own instance.
Simbionte
@deutrino There is a whole lot of federation degrees, there is no federation, or not federation, there is also good federation, bad federation, some one should code a federation compliance and you would see an A+, A, B... even F... That is unknown to the user so far.
Simbionte
@deutrino totally agree. the admins need to address this issue very seriously and make things as much tranparent as possible, we in mastodon.uy are discussing this and will make changes to improve transparency in that matter
deutrino
@santiago I still want to build an instance chooser which offers up-front disclosure of moderation philosophy, either crowdsourced or posted by admins themselves
personally I'd be quite upset to join an instance and later realize someone I want to follow or talk to is blocked for reasons I disagree with. not everybody cares so much.
I've followed debates on moderation philosophy that went so far as to spawn new communities, going back many years to BBS days, I seem to think about it a lot!
Simbionte
@deutrino totally agree
deutrino
@santiago I also think that an instance chooser with moderation information would be good for everybody, because people who want a block-heavy instance should be able to easily & reliably find one, just as "give me the unaltered firehose plz" types should be able to find their home easily.
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