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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 08:00:28 JST Evan Prodromou

   Well, it seems that this post has gotten the attention of some racist trolls on the outskirts of the Fediverse.

   I was able to clear up the worst of it by using https://rapidblock.org/ ? as well as blocking domains in this post:

   https://troet.cafe/@baddadda/109644887742976187

   Sorry for anyone in this thread who may have gotten swarmed by racists. I think if you add those domains to your personal or instance blocklist, you'll get rid of the worst of it.

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     Jeff Moe (jebba@jebba.moe)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 08:16:01 JST Jeff Moe

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     @evan

     I'm noob Mastodon admin. Is there anyway to bulk import just the URL, like https://rapidblock.org/blocklist.json.txt ?

     I see how to do it one at a time, but that looks tedious. Thx.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 08:16:01 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Jeff Moe

     @jebba I don't know of a way to do that.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 08:19:13 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • ニルス・スキニール

     @Skirnir yes

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     ニルス・スキニール (skirnir@theblower.au)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 08:19:14 JST ニルス・スキニール

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     @evan
     Not just racists. Lots of shitposting recently.
     If get shitposted, report and block

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 08:23:18 JST Evan Prodromou

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     Also, racists and homophobes use a relatively small set of trigger words, so if you're willing to type a dozen slurs into your Mastodon filter settings ?, you can cover a lot of bad posts in the future.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 09:52:35 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Dr. Quadragon ❌

     @drq I disagree. I think more and better filters -- by address, by keyword, Bayesian, collaborative, semantic, commercial -- are the best way to do it.

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     Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 09:52:38 JST Dr. Quadragon ❌

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     @evan The problem with efforts around lists and hashtags like these is that they are crude, deaf to nuance and context and unforgiving. In the absolute of it, once you're on the list, for whatever reason might there be, legitimate or not, deserved or not, you're an outcast.

     It's good as a short-term solution, but for long-term, it might wreak havoc on the fabric of the Fediverse itself, leading to excessive amounts of balkanization and stratification of the network. We need something else, and it seems to me that this shall be a network design level solution.

     I tagged you and several others to a discussion on the matter under this post

     https://mastodon.ml/@ZySoua/109649689079348964

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 11:21:54 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Dr. Quadragon ❌

     @drq

     - If you overfilter, you will miss things that you want to see, so don't do that.

     - If we all blocklist each other for minor infractions, we stop communicating, so let's not do that, either.

     Ultimately, this is a social problem with social solutions.

     We can use better filtering technologies to lighten the load, but we have to set priorities, and those will likely be personal.

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     Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 11:21:56 JST Dr. Quadragon ❌

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     @evan What if you overfilter? What if every other server ends up on a blocklist for every little slight? Or hell, just by association? Without any recourse. It's not like it's not happening.