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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 10:19:00 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   Rather than talk in the abstract about whether consensus blocklists are good or bad, let's consider a specific example.

   Let's suppose Georgia Tech wants to join the Fediverse. They want to start an instance at social.gatech.edu. ♥️

   Georgia Tech has a student body of about 47K students. This includes the largest number of women engineering students in the US, and one of the largest Black engineering student bodies on Earth.

   How does GT protect their students without consensus block lists?

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     esmevane, sorry (ironchamber@mastodon.esmevane.com)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 10:19:00 JST esmevane, sorry

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     @mekkaokereke whoa! I actually dunno of anything that would work without a lot of new feature dev work

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 22:08:36 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     I should be clear that no official from Georgia Tech has asked me this question! A few of their alumni that are curious about Mastodon, don't speak for the university in any official capacity.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 22:08:36 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @mekkaokereke connect them to me. I am currently a student at Georgia Tech. I'd love to see this happen!

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 22:08:37 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     Like most universities, Georgia Tech is under budget constraints. They have a limited number of student volunteers that they can use to help with moderation. Most of the full-time academic computing resources will go just to technical administration of the instance.

     My question isn't cynical or rhetorical. Good answers will go into recommendations.

     I'm not saying that consensus block lists are the only way. But I'm genuinely curious about what solutions others would have for this problem.

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