Mastodawn

Friendly reminder: last year I built FediMod FIRES, a protocol and reference server implementation for sharing moderation data.

I haven't yet been able to get anyone to adopt it or even signal intent to adopt. But regularly I see people complaining about the lack of data sharing when it comes to moderation, especially for combating spam, scams, and harassment. The tool is there, please use it!

Whilst I'm not actively working on FediMod FIRES this quarter, I did apply in November for a grant to continue that work, and last I heard a few weeks ago is that the grant made it to the next stage, so I may have some money again to fund development.

It's not 1.0.0 yet, because I decided it needed more work for me to be happy to call it that, but it is usable!

Installation is also super simple for data producers, literally two commands on debian or ubuntu boxes.

Learn more: https://fires.fedimod.org/manuals/reference-server/

#moderation #fediblock #administration

FIRES Reference Server | FediMod FIRES

Fediverse moderation Intelligence Replication Endpoint Server

FediMod FIRES

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Mx "Vote Green" Fraud 1d ago

@thisismissem I'm going to try to say this with the most respect for you and your work.

If it is not in mastodon mainline as a feature, it might as well not exist.

The problem has never been ideas, protocols, or implementations, its always been adversarial relashionship from gargron and or the Mastodon GMBH leadership team.

They clearly do not want to prioritise this feature and many other feaures that people asked for years (hello local only post).

And the only people that can use this servers are: re-implementers, people that need a dedicated service to scale (and probbaly have multiple, high traffic instances), and hobbyist self hosters.

All the people using masto.host/ 3rd parties won't be able to use it.
Which I assume is the vast majority of the people wanting to have access to that feature in the first place.

Unless Mastodon GMBH start to listen to their community (instance administrators), the complaining will continue I'm affraid.

Again, trying my best here to convey that the work you did is needed and appreciated, and that my problems are with the people holding the power here.

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Emelia 👸🏻

@mxfraud it sounds like Mastodon may be adopting the protocol, and there is other fediverse software out there besides Mastodon. But I also get your frustration.

https://oisaur.com/@renchap/116295375197416763

Renaud Chaput (@[email protected])

@[email protected] probably not very helpful for now, but we intent to implement *lists (blocklists, email blocklists…) synchronisation in Mastodon in our next version. We have not defined the exact scope yet but I want it to support FIRES (likely in addition to ingesting « simple » CSVs)

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