mastodon put community moderation power in the hands of many people who are not ready for such power and we have been paying the price for it since the 2017 influxes
the analogy is wonky because i'm not clever but you get the gist of it
it works very well for a very select few people and you will be yelled very loudly at if it doesn't work for you
you know how removing most context from any sort of declaration can open things to extremely harmful interpretations?
now consider how fractured any communication is on the #fediverse where you can barely even see all replies to a post, let alone all previous posts if only a specific one from an account was fetched
your instance only sees the posts from an account if they're fetched
and generally speaking it'll only fetch all posts if someone followed that account
i've been here since april 2017. the things people are complaining about today here echo the same things that were complained about back then too.
i just want my home back
this is my problem with the fediverse and social media at large. we're not supposed to all be sharing the same house. nobody will be happy and satisfied all at once. we're all going to get in each other's nerves.
there is not a single #fediverse and to say that any singular community built it is problematic.
If you are a #MastodonAdmin for a multi-user instance, you owe it to your users to not blindly trust centralized #FediBlock lists/directories.
I've seen at least half a dozen created in the past 2 months and while they might be useful, do your own research first before deciding which instances to block.
Also, for the sake of your users, avoid automated blocking systems/tools.
Happy admining and block responsibly! 👍
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