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   Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 14:49:42 JST Mike McCue

   Well, I got my first white supremacist reply from the fediverse after posting an article about Elon from Flipboard.

   I reported and blocked the account. I also looked at the instance admin's account and it's clear he's also a white supremacist. So that instance will be blocked on flipboard.com and flipboard.social as well as shared with other instance admins as a problematic instance for them to take action if they also deem appropriate. Took all of 2 minutes to help make the fediverse a bit better for everyone.

   And the best thing is that anyone in the fediverse can do this too. Decentralized moderation FTW.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 16:25:47 JST Aral Balkan

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     @mike If you don’t mind, sharing the domain with the #fediblock hashtag will make other admins aware of it too, if they aren’t already, so they can block it also.

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     Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 16:50:27 JST Mike McCue

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral ok. flipboard.social and flipboard.com are blocking noauthority.social #fediblock for hate speech and calls for violence.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 18:14:34 JST Aral Balkan

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     @mike Thanks :) Will check my own block list and add them if they’re not already there.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 18:59:21 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Adnan 🦙

     @adnan @mike Be careful what you ask for :) I’d very much not like to see Facebook dictating moderation on the fediverse, for instance. That said, there are already blocklists you can use that handle almost all of the fascist, etc., instances.

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     Adnan 🦙 (adnan@1210.nl)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 18:59:24 JST Adnan 🦙

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral @mike This should be automated. I want to subscribe to a block list from respected instances and get notified of new blocks.

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     idea_enjoyer (idea_enjoyer@techhub.social)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 09:25:27 JST idea_enjoyer

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     @mike I understand why you block the account and the instance, but why do you feel the need to patronize your users and make that decision for them?

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     Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 09:27:27 JST Mike McCue

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     • Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸
     • avlap

     @chris @avlap2 also I don’t mean to minimize the “cancel machine” issue you mention. Finding the balance here is super important and not easy. I do think this is an area that needs more attention and norm setting.

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     Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 (chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 09:27:28 JST Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

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     • avlap

     @avlap2 @mike rules? enforced by whom? It's a choice. It's freedom.

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     avlap (avlap2@mastodon.nl)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 09:27:29 JST avlap

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     @mike It also shows a weakness of the fediverse. It's a great 'cancel machine' if there are no rules for this. It can take just 2 minutes to cancel a group of people unjustified.

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     avlap (avlap2@mastodon.nl)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 09:28:58 JST avlap

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     • Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

     @mike @chris Let users manage their own blocking as much as possible.

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     william.maggos (wjmaggos@liberal.city)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 09:29:34 JST william.maggos

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     • Jon Quass

     @mike @jonquass

     we need a way to all share what we saw, how we responded and why. as much transparency as possible without violating other values. better than blocklists imo.

     noauthority.social is basically the same people that were on noagendasocial.com (my first server), brought together as fans of the No Agenda podcast, managed by eriner. I don't think it's a server worth blocking cause they aren't a hub for intentional harassers, but they are very edgelord and don't want to police anyone.

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     SamUpstate (samupstate@bluelupine.social)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 09:30:05 JST SamUpstate

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     @mike as the admin of a small instance, I definitely feel the need for better tools to allow me to more easily incorporate information like that into my instance's block list without being overwhelmed by day to day reports.

     There's a great deal of power for good in actions like yours. We need to be able to harness that across the fediverse.

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     Nicholas Boss (timethief@zirk.us)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 09:32:51 JST Nicholas Boss

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     @mike never even heard of Flipboard. Is it just a mastodon instance or a separate service federated with mastodon?