@phillycodehound@softlightwizard@stux@stux I'm inclined to agree on the block the instance at the individual level. Not everyone will feel as strongly about that and there are valid voices there not here. There's value in it. BUT at the end of the day it is Stux call.
Finally opened Mastodon after a long morning of $WORK to find something like 16 additional reports, almost all of them for calling other people names over (somewhat) simple disagreements.
Recent instance debates made me wonder what is a set of good moderation rules that moderate but do not silence or censor anyone?
Is there a “moderation bible” somewhere? What is the overarching goal of moderation?
For example, discrimination according to protected characteristics (age, gender, religion etc.) is clearly bad, but what if someone is just saying something that you disagree with?
What if someone is lying, either on purpose or just because they don’t know what they’re talking about?
@elduvelle sounds like the thing is all of those rules silence and censor people, and a person needs to start by accepting that if they’re going to go on to figure out who to silence and censor.
Maybe the censorship is for the best, but a person needs to at least admit that that’s what they’re doing.
@elduvelle I don't have an easy answer, and in fact I'm pretty sure there is no easy answer. But I can say that "what is the goal of moderation?" is the right question. Start from an understanding of your (community's) values. Then work toward what you want the community to be.
I also think framing things in terms of rules puts the burden on members to conform. You're better off framing things in terms of policy, and action to promote community health, however you define that.
Translated from a Vietnam account registration "reason" for choosing our nonprofit pubnix Mastodon instance: 'The experience of the game of fainting when betting on football will surely make players happy about it." #MastodonModeration#humor#humour
Hey Fediverse.
Me and the #FediverseFoundation are hosting quite a few instances by now.
Currently I'm moderating with the other admins, but their time is much better spent on maintaining the servers, so I'm looking for people who would help moderating the instances.
How much time does it take?
Depends totally on you. Basically what I need are a few people who would help me with hard decisions, which come along every so often. Everything else is a bonus. (blocking obvious spam and such).
If you're interested let me know.
If you're not interested, thanks for :boost: ing 🙂