@Tutanota Could you please inform someone on the technical teams, that Outlook.com is blocking pretty much all of Tuta's sending IP's. Perhaps do some tricks to get yourselves off the block list(s) they use.
#tuta #EmailSecurity #BlockLists
dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker:
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The update you have been waiting for:
"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists
The update you have been waiting for:
"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists
Just got another flurry of shouty mentions, replying to a post from several weeks ago, complaining about my lack of content warnings on “political” topics.
Sorry, no. This may be a norm on some instances and in some communities, but it isn’t in mine. And politics, law, and policy comprises a significant fraction of my work and interests.
There are more powerful and effective tools for controlling what you read here than scolding strangers for failing to follow imaginary rules.
@mattblaze I love my keyword filters or #blocklists. Some people or hashtags I follow also post and contain things I don't care about at all. Nothing outrageous, imo, my two main lists block lots of sports and as much generated slop as I can block😋
Sometimes things are not caught and I'm happy to add to my lists, while keeping up to speed on everything else these good people talk about.
The bestest thing is that the others can enjoy discussing, for example, sports to their heart's content ☺️
Robert W. Gehl
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#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
@meljoann oooo, I really like that you can create lists and host them wherever you want too. I've been using GoToSocial for months and I had no idea this feature was a thing :3
I know it's been very slow and not inclusive enough, but seeing fedi slowly adopt new moderation features has been nice. I'm thankful for the marginalized people who have demanded these features for years. Without them, none of this stuff would exist. Good on GoToSocial for prioritizing this in beta too 
It will also be interesting to see if it can work with FASP, so that mastodon admins can also setup a service to relay them.
@meljoann oooo, I really like that you can create lists and host them wherever you want too. I've been using GoToSocial for months and I had no idea this feature was a thing :3
I know it's been very slow and not inclusive enough, but seeing fedi slowly adopt new moderation features has been nice. I'm thankful for the marginalized people who have demanded these features for years. Without them, none of this stuff would exist. Good on GoToSocial for prioritizing this in beta too
It will also be interesting to see if it can work with FASP, so that mastodon admins can also setup a service to relay them.
@benroyce as if we don't outsource moderation on the fediverse already? How many times have blocklists been inaccurate? We've had these very issues too.
And just because you don't see it, doesn't mean that there's not like 99% of Bluesky's moderation actually working correctly and quietly behind the scenes. You tend to see the 1% that it doesn't produce great outcomes.
We've also seen that in the fediverse too.
#moderation is a shit job. always was, always will be. it's a human problem, no tech can dispel the chore. someone always has to be there, moderating
of course tooling can help immensely. the tooling shifts and manages the chore. that shift can be in good ways. also maybe unintentional bad ways
you know all this
i'm just laying it out so i can say:
on #bluesky, and on #mastodon, as you say, #blocklists create new terrible problems
i'm saying this tooling shift is a bad idea
Ulrike Hahn
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This kind of came a bit unexpectedly today, but I have a new article out:
https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1556
It focuses on those most controversial moderation tools on the #fediverse: #blocklists. I consider the philosophy and practice of listing to argue that those who run blocklist services work hard to mitigate their problems.
I also make a case that we simply need more scholarship on content moderation on #noncentralized, noncommercial social media.
This kind of came a bit unexpectedly today, but I have a new article out:
https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1556
It focuses on those most controversial moderation tools on the #fediverse: #blocklists. I consider the philosophy and practice of listing to argue that those who run blocklist services work hard to mitigate their problems.
I also make a case that we simply need more scholarship on content moderation on #noncentralized, noncommercial social media.
Stefano Marinelli
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In 2013 I wrote up "Maintaining A Publicly Available Blacklist - Mechanisms And Principles" (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/04/maintaining-publicly-available.html) . TL;DR: blocklisting is a kind of public shaming, be sure your process is verifiable and transparent.
Minor edits today, links to resources and #eurobsdcon inside. #blocklists #spamtraps #antispam #smtp #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #security #cybercrime
In 2013 I wrote up "Maintaining A Publicly Available Blacklist - Mechanisms And Principles" (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/04/maintaining-publicly-available.html) . TL;DR: blocklisting is a kind of public shaming, be sure your process is verifiable and transparent.
Minor edits today, links to resources and #eurobsdcon inside. #blocklists #spamtraps #antispam #smtp #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #security #cybercrime
Stefano Marinelli
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Following up on previous, the LinkedIn discussion revealed that there are people who have not heard about greylisting.
So here is my 2012 piece with updates, "In The Name Of Sane Email: Setting Up OpenBSD's spamd(8) With Secondary MXes In Play - A Full Recipe" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/in_the_name_of_sane_email.html
#spamd #antispam #spamd.conf #OpenBSD #blocklists #blacklists #greytrapping #greylisting #spam
Following up on previous, the LinkedIn discussion revealed that there are people who have not heard about greylisting.
So here is my 2012 piece with updates, "In The Name Of Sane Email: Setting Up OpenBSD's spamd(8) With Secondary MXes In Play - A Full Recipe" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/in_the_name_of_sane_email.html
#spamd #antispam #spamd.conf #OpenBSD #blocklists #blacklists #greytrapping #greylisting #spam