There's so much fear in the fediverse about bad admins/mods, and honestly it's no different to the days where we had forums with bad admins/mods.
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There's so much fear in the fediverse about bad admins/mods, and honestly it's no different to the days where we had forums with bad admins/mods.
The problem is that largely for the past decade people have been in walled gardens either never thinking of moderation, or actively needing to work against moderation to exist.
And you didn't have a choice, because you were locked into that provider & their moderation policies.
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Emelia πΈπ»replied to Emelia πΈπ» on last edited by
On the fediverse we have more choice. Sometimes that means we're directly exposed to moderation activities, much like the forum days.
If there's instances on the fediverse with whom you disagree with the moderation practices of, then don't recommend those instances, maybe don't federate with them(?) β it's okay
We do need better tools and information about how a server moderates that can help people make a choice about where to call their home on the internet
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Emelia πΈπ»replied to Emelia πΈπ» on last edited by
But moderation at server level isn't your enemy, if it is, you're on the wrong server for you.
Like, some servers will moderate with an iron fist, or some other turn of phrase, but moderation & trust and safety is a balancing act.
Moderate too hard, and majority of people lose trust in you, because your decision negatively impact their experience.
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Emelia πΈπ»replied to Emelia πΈπ» on last edited by
It's like picking a server based on a cool domain name isn't likely a good idea β it'd be like picking a car because it looked sleek: you're ignoring all the other things that impact your experience
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Emelia πΈπ»replied to Emelia πΈπ» on last edited by
Nothing in a technological plane will protect you from a bad server admin/mod β C2S won't, ActivityPods won't, even Bluesky PDS's won't.
If your content is on some else's servers, you're at their mercy ultimately, that's always been the case and always will be the case.
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ChiefGyk3Dreplied to Emelia πΈπ» on last edited by
@thisismissem I totally agree with this thread as my server admin sucks.
P.S. I am my own server admin
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Mick π¨π¦replied to Emelia πΈπ» on last edited by
@thisismissem Ya ya totally you can trust Zuckerbergβs minions tho