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In the wake of #fediblock and #thebadspace controversy, I would like to highlight the existance of the #RemoteNeutrality approach.

Remember #NetNeutrality, ISPs being common carriers and them not meddling with the pages users want to see? This is similar.

Under a "remote neutral" approach each #fediverse instance leaves the tight opinionated moderation policies to their own users users and the content their users generate or share with the aim of running a safe and welcoming instance for their members that's safe to federate with.

However, remote content is only moderated whenever there is a report and only blocked if it's straight out illegal to host / cache or constitute unsolicited spam/harassment. Otherwise objectionable remote content is limited at most and users can block it if they want.

I can't stress enough the benefits this has:

1. It makes moderation feasible for small instances

2. It does not fracture the fediverse unnecessarily