Mastodawn

Eileen Brown ☑️Apr 10, 2017

So my question today is:
How will mastodon be governed? What's to stop the bad guys opening up instances and joining the federation?
Who says that subversive content is not allowed and should be taken off the instance, or banned.
Lots of challenges for a nascent platform I think..

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Doc Edward Morbius ❌Apr 10, 2017

@eileenb Admins and instances are autonomous. Each can decide what instances they do (or don't) peer with. This isn't unlike other network protocols like email (SMTP) or internet routing (BGP). There are channels for admins to talk to each other (an organisational mailing list), and tools which are built into protocols and servers themselves (Mastodon is only one of several at play).

It's safe to assume bad guys /will/ open instances, or worse, guys or girls who simply don't care what happens.

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Eileen Brown ☑️Apr 10, 2017

@dredmorbius yeah - that's what I mean. So if someone on an instance starts tooting in a language that the admin doesn't understand - how will that be governed? Its a huge headache for companies like Twitter and FB - will be even more so here I think...

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Eric Oesterle Apr 10, 2017

@eileenb @dredmorbius Offended users will likely flag content and/or reach out to the admin, hopefully with specific reasons and translations. Even without these, an admin can use translation services elsewhere.

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Doc Edward Morbius ❌

@erico @eileenb True. For context: NY Times comment moderation team averages 800 messages/day each (published stats in the past year). Mastodon admins ... have other responsibilities and/or day jobs. /Not/ having to manually run text through Google Translate would at the least be of use to them.