Taylor LorenzCan anyone who understands how this platform works better than me explain why we canβt have crucial harassment tools like restricting replies to mutuals only, or mass blocking? Also any reason we canβt get link previews on here? Just curious if these are things that can ever be implemented ππ»
TJ@taylorlorenz defer to others on the link previews (which should work on some interfaces) but if you're getting abuse from a certain instance, your instance admins should be able to ban that instance entirely.
Marko VodanoviΔ@TJ @taylorlorenz
New here as well, so there's questions... Ok, mods can block entire instances, great. But can't abusers simply spin up their own private instances and repeatedly abuse people? Or is it not that simple to do?
New here as well, so there's questions... Ok, mods can block entire instances, great. But can't abusers simply spin up their own private instances and repeatedly abuse people? Or is it not that simple to do?
Compuguy π±@TJ @taylorlorenz Yes they can do that. Though they need to be comfortable with Linux, Docker, and possibly working with a cloud hosting service like Digital Ocean, Linode, Vultr, AWS, Azure, etc....
@TJ @taylorlorenz Looks like someone has created a nearly one click deploy for Mastodon: https://mstdnandchill.fun/@sparkle/109543067894079228
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@[email protected] there's also fediverse.express that will auto install it along with a few other platforms. I tried it out on a few different hosts and it works perfectly.
@compuguy @vodamark @taylorlorenz Still seems like a lot of work for your average troll. And, deployed at scale, I'd imagine it'd be spotted relatively quickly.
@TJ @vodamark @taylorlorenz Thatβs true. Iβm pretty sure Iβve black-holed at least one personal instanceβ¦