Update: I reported the bot. Thanks.
A Mastodon bot account at mastodon.cloud scans the fediverse, scrapes selected web pages shared there, rewrites them with AI, posts them to its own site, and shares on Mastodon as tech news the rewritten AI slop. The bot scraped a post of mine (including the attached image) within minutes of my federated blog publishing it.
Is it worth flagging the bot and reporting it to its instance? Are the mods likely to take action?
@debby @DroidPort personally, I think the "optics" of leaving the #Fediverse are more important and are seen as silent confirmation of valid criticism.
Cuz even if I'd be annoying the shit out of @protonprivacy (and I doubt that!) there are ample of tools for them like #muting and #blocking.
We're trying to promote small instances (increased decentralization) with moderated signups (saver for the wole Fediverse) that opt-in to be added to our list (consent).
We’ll be shutting down our public Matrix rooms and bridges due to issues with moderation, ecosystem, and lack of usage.
Read more here: https://blog.fyralabs.com/dropping-matrix/
#matrix #foss #moderation #safety #element #fyralabs
Le gouvernement israélien a fait supprimer à Meta des publications pro-palestiniennes dans plus d’une dizaine de pays arabes
Обнаружил тут, что в Mastodon появилась страница "Severed relationships" в разделе "Follows and followers" настроек.
You may lose follows and followers when you block a domain or when your moderators decide to suspend a remote server. When that happens, you will be able to download lists of severed relationships, to be inspected and possibly imported on another server.
Наконец-то сам Mastodon предоставил хоть какой-то инструмент борьбы с последствиями действий бесноватых модераторов.
Следующий шаг - сообщать пользователю в уведомлениях, что в связи с действиями администрации связь с XXX нарушена и предлагать сменить сервер для восстановления.
Это, как и указание налога на чеке с товаром, могло бы несколько повысить осознанность пользователей.
@Gargron How about better #moderation tools against #FediverseChick #Nicole #bots #propaganda ?
#discord IS LITERALLY THE PROBLEM!
It's worse than any #IRC, #Mumble or even the old #TeamSpeak & #Skype for that matter.
It combines the disadvantages of #Forum, #paywalled #documentation, #chat and #voicechat with 0 redeeming qualities (unlike #Zulip & Mumble & #XMPP+#OMEMO) it's just an #InformationBlackhole!
I'm shure fecking #dread has better moderation and I'd rather use #MicrosoftTeams + #Slack cuz those at least have proper #moderation tools.
Case in point: I'd rather #SelfHost all my comms infrastructure than to ever use something like Discord or any other #GDPR-violating SaaS that is just enshittification.
I'd rather recommend people to instead choose a tool that does everything but horrible to go with multiple smaller & good tools
Check @alternativeto and @european_alternatives for options.
Wir reden über Einsamkeit.
Ein unterschätztes Gefühl.
Der hr1-Talk mit dem Sozialforscher Janosch Schobin.
Am Sonntag von 10-12 im 
Und danach jederzeit abrufbar in der ARD-Audiothek.
Infos 
https://www.hr1.de/sendungen/hr1-talk/der-hr1-talk-mit-janosch-schobin,talk-1098.html
I accept that instance admins must moderate: trolls, bots, repeat offenders, etc.
But for a first-time issue, and especially where there's a paid/professional relationship, there should be basic expectations:
- Warning
- Clear explanation
- Temporary suspension or post deletion
- Response to appeal
Moderation shouldn’t default to exile with no discussion.
3/6
Effective moderation of social media to curb genocidal content
"The 2020-2022 Tigray war is reported to be the deadliest armed conflict of the 21𝑠𝑡 century, with an estimated 600 to 800,000 documented deaths and more than 100 thousand victims of rape as a weapon of war. Social media platforms were instrumental in spreading genocidal content during the conflict, and failure to effectively moderate hateful content resulted in the murder of civilians. This work investigates the expertise and processes required to effectively moderate such genocidal content, and compares these findings to the expertise and processes prioritized by social media platforms."
@DAIR's page has a 10-minute video and a link to the CHI paper, and a statement - which I'll include excerpts from in a reply.
I'll be reaching out to the City of Langford today to offer them a safer, moderated, place to post timely information for their community.
Would love to see them join @EsquimaltBC here on #SocialBC
Facebook is where many communities have ended up, but unfortunately it has become dominated by a few very loud, very inappropriate, damaging voices. The harm is real.
The Open Social Web can provide an alternative.
#BCMuni #Local #Facebook #Moderation
https://www.houston-today.com/news/bc-city-flicks-switch-on-facebook-after-threatening-sexually-explicit-comments-7934474?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
I have considered this, but have held off.
The moderation here is excellent, and what slips thru gives me a view into the nonsense. Rarely have to report, easier to just ignore.
BTW, Nicole is in hospice.
Klar, dass Elon #Musk nun wieder mit antisemitischen #Verschwörungsmythen um sich wirft und auf X behauptet, die US-Proteste gegen Donald #Trump seien vom jüdischen Milliardär George #Soros finanziert... #Antisemitismus
Freundliche Grüße gehen raus ans OLG #Frankfurt, das vor einem Jahr nach einem Erfolg in erster Instanz meine Klage auf #Moderation gegen #Twitter schwer nachvollziehbar abgewiesen hat. Viele fragen bang: Wie "wehrhaft" ist der deutsche #Rechtsstaat?
https://hateaid.org/berufungsurteil-wirft-grundsatzfrage-nach-meldewegen-auf/
Sachez que j'ai fait des signalements à mastodon.social pour des fausses informations d'extrême droite, et que les messages en question ont été supprimé dans les 48H à chaque fois.
C'est pas encore assez, mais c'est déjà ça.
@publictorsten Ich möchte mal kurz darauf hinweisen, dass in einem Werkzeugkasten der #Moderation weitaus mehr Möglichkeiten stecken als „löschen“, „beschränken“ und „laufenlassen“. (Kein Zweifel, dass X davon gar nichts verwendet. Aber das muss nicht besonders betont werden.)
@vxo @harmonycorrupted yeah.
mastodon.social is the #GMail / #YahooMail / #Outlook / #Hotmail of the #Fediverse:
There is a moderation problem there. Just saying.
I just had a post reported by "mastodon.online"
Which is odd because that is a domain, not a user, and there is nothing wrong with the post at all.
What is going on? Is this some new kind of spam?
@aubreyjones, I'm obviously going to dismiss this but can anyone tell me why there isn't a user who made this report? Why is it just the domain? It feels very OFF.
https://gaygeek.social/@aubreyjones/114228338485345117
#moderation #mastodonHelp #mastodonSupport
EDIT: I have learned that forwarded reports are anonymous.
