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   BeAware (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 02:53:36 JST BeAware

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   • Dusk To Don :raccoon:

   @dusk the biggest downfall is that if an admin or moderator does not see the harassment/rule-breaking behavior, it won't get moderated.

   There's no automated moderation based on keywords.

   So if someone says the n-word towards someone else and they don't report it and nobody else sees it, it goes ignored.

   This is insanity when there's millions of posts every day across Fedi and a limited number of admins that are moderating those posts.

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     Dusk To Don :raccoon: (dusk@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 02:53:37 JST Dusk To Don :raccoon:

     #AskFedi (would love your support in boosting, TYIA! :goose_honk: )

     I maaaay be writing a piece on Mastodon + Fediverse for the radical free-speech zine Slingshot Collective?

     https://slingshotcollective.org/

     (Anarchist / Socialist vibes, founded in Berkeley, CA)

     ...if I can find the time.

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     ❓ My question for YOU:
     What are the specific weaknesses / shortcomings of Mastodon's approach to moderation, specifically as it relates to shitty speech directed at fem, trans, black, and other marginalized communities.

     ⭐ I'm not explicitly asking for additional labor from e.g. #blackMastodon (though it's welcome if you care to share)

     ⭐ I'm seeking previously-posted perspectives from individuals from marginalized communities who have been negatively impacted by the way that moderation is structured in #ActivityPub

     Part of my rough current understanding of (one of) the issues:

     If person A posts post 1, and person B comments [a shitty] reply 2, reply 2 remains visible and attached to post 1, unless there are instance-level blocking actions taken. Do I have that right?

     Thanks all!
     👋

     BeAware repeated this.