How #blocklists prevent the internet to be #decentralized – and safe.

But you know what currently is the biggest headache to us? Blocklists. Yes. The well-intending, self-appointed, unaudited and unaccountable policing "services", non-commercial and commercial.

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We think, that the current blocklist ecosystem is not helping the small and independent contributors on the web, but reinforce and widen the gap between free and independent sites, and large proprietary platforms. How often get the big boys blocked? Who will get onto the list without getting checked twice? Instance operators like Codeberg face a lot of headache if the situation does not improve.

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Blocklists are casually used (without double-checking who is getting blocked) … The policy is Strike first, maybe adjust later.

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Who holds creators of blocklists accountable for adding false positive domains? Whom do we trust to moderate our communication infrastructure, whom do we trust to enable and disable access to the web?

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Is Strike-first-adjust-later fair and legal?

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Continue reading: https://blog.codeberg.org/how-blocklists-prevent-the-internet-to-be-decentralized-and-safe.html

#moderators #admins #decentralisation #decentralization #blocklist #federation #admin #instance

Also, Fun Fact: I almost bought the mastodon.ph domain in early November, but ultimately decided I don't want the trouble of setting up and maintaining an instance for the PH crowd, lol. Good luck, @christopher !