I think it's going to be more important than ever that #Mastodon and the #fediverse are not centrally operated out of the US like almost every other social media platform out there.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@philip_cardella @cohentheblue @Offbeatmammal @luca @Gargron

good point, but i'd like to abstract from it:

moderation is per server. that doesn't mean you couldn't have the same mods on multiple servers. or you could have individual mods on individual servers, but they are all in this mastonserverpact+, that binds them to a code of mod conduct

it doesn't need to be centralized top down control, in fact i think that's counterproductive

it just has to be voluntary coordinated agreement

[oliphant@oliphant.social]

@benroyce @philip_cardella @cohentheblue @Offbeatmammal @luca @Gargron Shared governance of the network, and indeed enforcing certain standards of behavior as well as sharing moderation by applying consistent standards, these were all goals of "Island Networks."

The only catch? Allowlist-based. Because you fundamentally can't enforce what other instances do in a denylist-based federation.

The problem is that we can't speak for—or influence—the entire network. I can't control what happens on a random server, and I can't control your experience on a server that federates with it. I can only control what happens on my server.

But what if we could do more? What if we could take responsibility for the entire network because every member of the network has opted-in and agreed to abide by certain rules?

https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/islands-an-opt-in-federated-network

This is what Cohost emigres did with the "Website League"

https://websiteleague.org/

[argumento@hispagatos.space]

@Gargron Maybe stop blocking and shadowbanning pro-Palestine accounts. Oh, that's right, you can't read this because I'm blocked from being read on mastodon dot social. You pompous, self-aggrandizing nerd.

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@Gargron sad but true!