Notices by Managing Barista and Janitor (proprietor@wandering.shop)

Hey out there Fediverse ...

For our information here at Wandering.Shop, is anyone aware of instances/servers that ARE actively looking to take in displaced bot accounts?

Looking for #fediTips, general knowledge if you have it, or any new official bots-and-fun instances, that we can refer folks to when they ask us.

I don’t usually use this account to boost random fun or “personal” things, as it’s the work account. BUT we are a fedi server attempting to model our vibe after a friendly cafe serving book nerds. Thus, this cute bot seems a worthy exception! @_random_cafe is showing off coffee shops and tea houses of the world!

From: @_random_cafe
https://mstd.seungjin.net/@_random_cafe/112779774430180854

@youronlyone @ratcatcher Hey! Geez, I'm sorry it, looks like I ignored this request - missed it in my timeline last week as threaded responses rolled along.

I'm guessing,though, you caught this, as there was something of an admin-to-admin reporting effort that went on and they all seem to have been shut down.

I got distracted answering a whole bunch of "is it threads? It's all threads, isn't it?" presumptions. 😜

'Til next time, I guess.

@ratcatcher No.

At least one of them is on c.im though.

Hey friends!

The Fedi moderation community is watching a cluster of inauthentic accounts popping up across numerous servers. These are posting bland, platitude-laden or word salad posts, unattributed images, or generated content along with a certain few hashtags to get attention.

These will not be able to register here unless invited, but please report them if you see them. Other moderators need to know.

A few years old now, but as I contemplate fediverse growth, this essay by @mmasnick is a thinky read for those in the instance moderation or community admin space.

https://www.techdirt.com/2019/11/20/masnicks-impossibility-theorem-content-moderation-scale-is-impossible-to-do-well/

Our hands-on, know-your-clients moderation paradigm can't survive 6- or 7-figure user numbers. But algorithmic moderation, as is presumed to be at least the first pass methodology in this essay, is bound to have both false-positive and false-negative results at levels which are in absolute terms, horrible