BicycleBenNov 13, 2022

Seen some posts talk about #moderation worries on the two large #Mastodon instances, .social and .online - scale seems to have outstripped moderation capability; other notable instances (such as .art) have now #silenced them to mitigate harmful content.

If you're on one of the two larger instances, you may want to think about moving/#migration to a smaller one. Doing so has benefits - it better distributes the network and eases the load on big servers.

Boosts for higher reach welcome!

Show threadBicycleBenNov 13, 2022
Just to note, silencing is not the same as defederation - it's a step before. So, in this case connections with existing followers are still maintained both ways. But if it reaches the point where defederation does happen, that will affect the ability for .online and .social users to interact with the wider Mastodon network and Fediverse.
Show threadVelocipede Rider
@BicycleBen For those following this. Here is the definition of silencing from the Mastodon admin settings
Nov 13, 2022 at 8:47amWeb