Jerry 🦙💝🦙Nov 20, 2022
Hello everyone. I made a decision regarding the events happening on journa.host. Journa.host is currently limited on infosec.exchange and will be moving to defederation if there are not improvements on journa.host. I've documented the situation and reasoning here: https://blog.infosec.exchange/2022/11/20/an-update-on-journa-host/
An update on Journa.host

The fediverse instance Journa.host, which was created to cater to current and retired journalists, faced some serious challenges over the past few days. One of their members posted a link to an art…

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Show threadSteve ☕️🥋🌯Nov 20, 2022

@jerry I appreciate this writeup and for running a very stable instance with very little of the nonsense you describe the moderation team dealing with.

What is unclear is that it seems like you're taking this action against an instance because a user posted a link to a NYT article, and there was a resulting dustup between some people as a result, but that the core issue is that someone posted a link to a NYT article? Is that the issue that you think needs moderating? Or was there something more?

Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Nov 20, 2022
@realDannyDorko It is the handling of the situation more than the NYT post that is driving this. apologies if that did not come through well - I will look at how to make it more clear.
Show threadGreg NotchNov 20, 2022
@jerry @realDannyDorko What would be some elements of a “right handling of the situation” that you would look for the other server to implement? What would those corrective actions be? Asking because I’m trying to understand how “moderation” works in a distributed environment.
Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Nov 20, 2022

@manchmod @realDannyDorko that instance's rules indicate that they don't tolerate such things, however a transgender person pointed out the issue and they chose to get combative rather than address the situation by removing the link, forcing a CW, or perhaps many other options. It resulted in a food fight and the only action taken was a result of the food fight, not the core issue.

It's having compatible rules and consistently enforcing those rules that I'm expecting.

Show threadGreg NotchNov 20, 2022
@jerry @realDannyDorko sorry, one more dumb question. In the infosec.exchange servers rules, #2 is “mark sensitive content with CW”. what does “sensitive” mean in this context?
Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Nov 20, 2022
@manchmod @realDannyDorko that's a good question. Let me ponder it a bit to give a more objective answer and perhaps update the rules.
Show threadSteve ☕️🥋🌯

@jerry @manchmod I really appreciate your thoughtfulness in how you run this instance, Jerry.

That's all. I'm sure you get a lot of opinions on how other people think you should do things and I just want to be a voice saying I appreciate your transparency in how you're running this instance.

Nov 20, 2022 at 9:56pmWeb