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Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko says the social network reached 2.5M MAUs in November

19 points by nickthegreek 4y ago

isaacfrond 4y ago
Let me hijack this thread for an ASK HN: Can somebody please explain moderation on Mastodon to me. Suppose I were to start a Mastodon server in my (EU) basement, what do I have to do to stop it from filling with unsavory material? Why did (former) Twitter have 'hundreds' of people in moderation, while Mastodon manages with zero? I don't get it.
- detaro 4y ago
  I'm curious where you get the idea that there are zero people involved with moderating Mastodon? Moderation is probably the main workload of people involved with running instances.
- ls15 4y ago
  With fewer than 45 million monthly users, unlike Twitter, at least you don't have to follow the Digital Services Act: https://www.accessnow.org/digital-services-act-eu-content-moderation-rules-guide/ https://www.accessnow.org/digital-services-act-eu-content-mo...
- nickthegreek 4y ago
  You will need to actively prune bad content posted by users on your server or other servers will block you. If you dont have other people on your instance, then you only need to worry about your posts being so bad that other servers ban you. There is no way to know how many moderators there are on Mastadon servers, as it is decentralized. Also, twitter had large amount of moderators as it's userbase is WAY HIGHER than mastodon. We are talking hundreds of millions of more active users.
- constantcrying 4y ago
  >what do I have to do to stop it from filling with unsavory material? You don't federate with instances you don't like or remove specific users. >Why did (former) Twitter have 'hundreds' of people in moderation, while Mastodon manages with zero? Every server admin is his own moderator.
2devnull 4y ago
I wonder how many FBI they have if staff? Maybe that only happens once you get big enough. If so, maybe companies should report it to increase funding. Instead of MAU they could do FOS (Feds on Salary), like, “last month we hit 5% FOS FTE and expect to reach 8% by end of Q4.”
- ls15 4y ago
  German companies have to put U.S. feds on salary?
  - 2devnull 4y ago
    Nobody ever really has to do anything as my mom told me long ago.
- constantcrying 4y ago
  They don't need feds, since "Mastadon" does't have an internal side, besides official instances.

19 points by nickthegreek 4y ago

Let me hijack this thread for an ASK HN: Can somebody please explain moderation on Mastodon to me. Suppose I were to start a Mastodon server in my (EU) basement, what do I have to do to stop it from filling with unsavory material? Why did (former) Twitter have 'hundreds' of people in moderation, while Mastodon manages with zero? I don't get it.

detaro 4y ago
I'm curious where you get the idea that there are zero people involved with moderating Mastodon? Moderation is probably the main workload of people involved with running instances.
ls15 4y ago
With fewer than 45 million monthly users, unlike Twitter, at least you don't have to follow the Digital Services Act: https://www.accessnow.org/digital-services-act-eu-content-moderation-rules-guide/ https://www.accessnow.org/digital-services-act-eu-content-mo...
nickthegreek 4y ago
You will need to actively prune bad content posted by users on your server or other servers will block you. If you dont have other people on your instance, then you only need to worry about your posts being so bad that other servers ban you. There is no way to know how many moderators there are on Mastadon servers, as it is decentralized. Also, twitter had large amount of moderators as it's userbase is WAY HIGHER than mastodon. We are talking hundreds of millions of more active users.
constantcrying 4y ago
>what do I have to do to stop it from filling with unsavory material? You don't federate with instances you don't like or remove specific users. >Why did (former) Twitter have 'hundreds' of people in moderation, while Mastodon manages with zero? Every server admin is his own moderator.

2devnull 4y ago

I wonder how many FBI they have if staff? Maybe that only happens once you get big enough. If so, maybe companies should report it to increase funding. Instead of MAU they could do FOS (Feds on Salary), like, “last month we hit 5% FOS FTE and expect to reach 8% by end of Q4.”

ls15 4y ago
German companies have to put U.S. feds on salary?
- 2devnull 4y ago
  Nobody ever really has to do anything as my mom told me long ago.
constantcrying 4y ago
They don't need feds, since "Mastadon" does't have an internal side, besides official instances.