I'm talking more about instance operators. Using an email analogy it's more like running an equivalent of gmail/yahoo mail/fastmail. There's this second order o

I'm talking more about instance operators. Using an email analogy it's more like running an equivalent of gmail/yahoo mail/fastmail. There's this second order of magnitude on the problem because you're responsible for all of the touch points on all of your users in aggregate. Spam lists and block lists on the fediverse are a thing, but they're just step one of a marathon battle against fediverse spam/illicit content. Most instances are very scrappy operations and spam/block lists only put a dent in a very large and often overwhelming issue. Working dynamic spam/block list solutions at scale that are capable enough to actually erase the issue are a hand wavey future potential solution, whereas the tidal wave of content exceeding the ability of instance owners to moderate is a very real very today problem. I think what's actually happening on the ground is instance owners slap on some instance block list of the worst offenders and turn a blind eye hoping there's nothing too bad hidden in the mountain of media they have cached, or they just hope nobody starts caring enough to look. That might work fine for a while but I don't think this problem is going away.