Over on #Bluesky there was a bit of a controversy over the suspension of Sarah Kendzior. I thought it was an interestingly nontrivial moderation problem, so I wrote up a little case study on how this would have been handled on Mastodon: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/11/13/Kendzior-Case-Study

#moderation

Looking at the previous issue of Fediverse Report, which discusses Bonfire in more detail, I notice that Bonfire gives a ton of control over who can interact with posts, crucially including reply controls

I've seen a number of women and Black people on Fedi mention reply controls as a sorely-needed safety/anti-harassment feature, so I hope there can be some good public Bonfire servers soon

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-141-2/

#Fediverse #Bonfire #Harassment #Moderation

Looking at the previous issue of Fediverse Report, which discusses Bonfire in more detail, I notice that Bonfire gives a ton of control over who can interact with posts, crucially including reply controls

I've seen a number of women and Black people on Fedi mention reply controls as a sorely-needed safety/anti-harassment feature, so I hope there can be some good public Bonfire servers soon

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-141-2/

#Fediverse #Bonfire #Harassment #Moderation

Over on #Bluesky there was a bit of a controversy over the suspension of Sarah Kendzior. I thought it was an interestingly nontrivial moderation problem, so I wrote up a little case study on how this would have been handled on Mastodon: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/11/13/Kendzior-Case-Study

#moderation

#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

@pepdmin @jwildeboer

Shareable Playlists, Blocklists, Allowlists, Sourcelists — people or organizations with reputations they wish to build or maintain should be able to collaboratively create and moderate lists, which others can subscribe to and use. A professional society might have very strict moderation; a group of friends, less so.

Link to a thread on creation and moderation of communal blocklists: https://prsm.space/@fleeky/115441827437289749

#fediverse #blocklist #sourcelist #playlist #moderation

Moderation. It’s a roller coaster.

Today, a (literal) nazi opened an account and began harassing people. We received ~80 reports within minutes. That may be a record.

We suspended the account, of course. But not before a lot of people yelled at us. For the record, this is not preventable when registration is open. We can only react. So be nice.

My gratitude and love for the person behind this report. It made me chuckle. 🫶🏻

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#Moderation #Mastodon #MasTo #BeKind #PunchANazi #FediAdmin