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Join a member-owned co-op instance :) If set-up correctly the admins/mods are legally bound to be responsible to the members of the co-op. Judging by your comm
by jszymborski 3y ago
Join a member-owned co-op instance :) If set-up correctly the admins/mods are legally bound to be responsible to the members of the co-op.
Judging by your comment though, I think we prefer very different levels of moderation, and I'd agree that culturally Masto trends towards heavier moderation.
- isaacremuant 3y agoI don't know why everyone is talking about mastodon. I'm not taking about mastodon. I've never used it nor do I like twitter as a space for conversation. I'm talking about the fediverse in general (activity pub protocol) and the paradigm of "basically following a block list" which, after seeing how mono narrative and US centric some online spaces tend to be, I don't find appealing. In particular my qualms were comparing it to the likes of reddit, which is usually heavily moderated. I appreciate the suggestion of co-op. Don't think it will solve the "as an individual I don't want to be bound by the majority's Blocklist when people are so prone to behave like mobs" but I do understand the appeal. It works as a small wrbbof trust. För very small communities, it can work. But not much chance to grow and be an interesting compendium of ideas and shared content.
- jszymborski 3y agoI mention Masto w.r.t. its moderation culture. I find other corners of the fedi have far different/laissez-faire moderation norms (e.g. Pleroma). Regardless of what the activitypub app is, moderation norms and moires form. Large instance sizes are definitely a challenge re: accountability and much ink has been spilled on what the optimal instance size should be. There is definitely a sweet spot where one has strong representation but also belongs to a larger community that is capable, among other things, to maintain operations.