Eugen RochkoAug 30, 2018

To be more transparent about server blocks, I have decided to follow the example of others and publish a list: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon.social-misc/blob/master/README.md

That list is now linked from our about page. It also explains how different block severities work.

You might notice that bofa.lol is on the list. It's at the very least a temporary measure because our mods had to deal with a lot of problematic content coming from that place yesterday.

Gargron/mastodon.social-misc

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Show threadPlease follow my new account!!Aug 30, 2018
@Gargron thank you for posting the list, that's a useful resource. i hope you can understand how upsetting this business is for bofa users, a large percentage of whom are trans people who left twitter hoping to find somewhere that would protect them from, among other things, this exact type of marginalisation.
Show threadEugen RochkoAug 30, 2018
@leg I understand. Thankfully unlike on Twitter where a ban is final, bofa.lol can operate normally regardless of what I do, and people can move between servers.
Show threadPlease follow my new account!!
@Gargron true. but it's impossible to ignore that .social is basically the hub world around here, and that any instance it doesn't federate with is cut off from a large proportion of new users looking for a home, and established users too. other smaller instances will also take their cues from .social's behaviour, like it or not.
Aug 30, 2018 at 7:44pmWeb
Show threadPlease follow my new account!!Aug 30, 2018
@Gargron when i signed up for my .social account i got the impression that the mods were trying to be intentional in creating an environment that protected people who had historically been disadvantaged by the sort of traditional moderation policies that were vulnerable to inequitable application, in favour of more powerful groups. i thought it was trying to set the standard for a new way of doing things that was more empowering for marginalised people. i hope i didn't misunderstand.
Show threadEugen RochkoAug 30, 2018
@leg That is indeed what we are trying to do. We have a strict code of conduct and we enforce it.
Show threadPlease follow my new account!!Aug 30, 2018
@Gargron sort of feels like it's not doing the job it was built for. i'll continue to hold out hope that these are the teething problems on which a better consensus can be built in future. as i think may have been mentioned already, this ain't it.
Show threadhopesmashAug 30, 2018
@Gargron
And yet you did the opposite of helping marginalized people. Sick.
@leg
Show threadBrian PeppleAug 30, 2018
@leg: Maybe being blocked would give an incentive to those instances to deal with their bad actors.