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Aus Social Mods
@AusSocialMods@aus.social
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Managed by the moderators of aus.social. Watch this account for announcements about (de)federation as well as other moderation news.
Hi Aus.social
There is currently a scam going around asking people to verify their account and identity
The official accounts for aus.social are this one, @AusSocialMods, and @aussocialadmin
We don't want to see your ID documents, because that's sensitive information and sensitive information is too much work. If we do moderate one of your posts you'll get an email
Cheers
Aus.social mods
@stevene Federating with Threads, the social media platform?
No, we have them blocked for refusal to moderate hate speech and bigotry
Cheers
Alex
@shlee @voltagex second hand stuff or art that you make is fine. Likewise a bit of advertising of work you do is ok
Your account needs to be a personal one, not a business. Also dont be spammy
If you're not sure tag us and ask. We're happy to talk
Just don't start an account for your car dealership 😛 (glares at spammer from yesterday)
@MarkDeasy @aussocialadmin we prefer not to discuss moderation situations publicly, because it risks encouraging pile ons. We generally want people to have an option to be better, where that doesn't risk the community
@MarkDeasy @aussocialadmin ah, don't worry about it. we can handle it
@RaymondPierreL3 Yes, we are, thank you! We're monitoring.
@aussocialadmin thank you for touching the computers for us 
@gMoon @j @aussocialadmin thanks, I'll have a look at it
- Alex