I hope everyone is on board with the idea that, one day, social media - of pretty much every kind - is going to be a lot more peer-to-peer than it is today.
Given that - are folks having conversations about what moderation and community delineation looks like in that context? Let's imagine it was one-click and free to spin up a Fediverse instance - what would need to change about our approach to moderation? Can we do that today, so we're ready, at least conceptually, in the future?
@noracodes Right now most services leave the door open by default - anyone who is not blocked can comment. I don’t think this is sustainable at scale.
The only reason things are remotely useable right now is the broadsword of defederation. If suddenly you have to block accounts individually rather than by instance, the amount of work to keep people you don’t like from going in the open door is way too much.
I’ve seen some talk here and there about not having an open door but rather use a more trust-based system. It sounds nice to me but I haven’t seen any detailed proposals that help me understand better how that might look.
Nora Tindall
Codesmith