Raccoon :mastodon: (raccoon@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 10:53:31 JST

@lispi314 @craignicol @dalias @mekkaokereke
I want to note something, as the person in charge of moderation on a major server: there is a lot that can be done and hasn't with non-AI based automated moderation. Why is there not a feature built into Mastodon to...

- automatically report posts with racial slurs when they show up?

- automatically report when a user posts the same link several times in a row?

- automatically report when a user from your instance has been mentioned or linked on a hashtag like FediBlock?

- remind users of the report button when they get PMs that might be potential harassment?

We don't need AI. It would be wasteful, very costly, and likely have serious trust and reliability issues. We just need better systems to be built in by default to help us volunteers catch things quickly.