We're on the Web. So... it feels kinda fig leafy at best.

I can't build the technical side, but I can and will promote the social side, from which comes the subscription money to make it all happen.

#Mastodon #MastodonDesign #MastodonInstance #MastodonServer #SocialMedia #MastodonFuture #MastodonFailureModes #PJCoffeyOnMastodon

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@atomicpoet

I'm just here banging my little tin drum of "What about moderation?"

Can Mastodon.social keep up with the moderation requirements of a growing number of monthly active users? They have a paid team, but I remember POC being moderated against "for being racist" in November.

#Moderation #MastodonFailureModes #Mastodon #MastodonCentralisation
#MastodonSocialDefault

@CrazyMyra

So: Apple sets up a server, invites existing non-masto customer base. 99% are nice geeks. 1% are paid shills. Hard to defed people just being enthusiastic.

Ex Twitter users refuse to use self-defence tools. Calamity.

Have I got that about right?

I think that people agree levels of small creator ads. No one wants to be muted or disliked.

@mosheeshel @atomicpoet

Hmm... what's the actual mechanics of a zerg rush by meta?

Make a tonne of "free" servers with professional mods supported by ads and a slick user interface, call it "Tooter".

Buy up all free Web hosting to drive up costs?

Legal lobbying to make Mastodon or running a non corporate server illegal?

They'd need sufficient servers, sufficiently well moderated to not cause instant defederation.

#MastodonDesign #MastodonFailureModes 1/2

@parker @atomicpoet

Huh... some people are just looking for an excuse after biting off more than they can chew.

I wouldn't run a server because I have neither the technical know how nor the money. Also the self-knowledge that I get easily dis... ooh! A butterfly!

@aral @qurlyjoe @atomicpoet

Interesting stuff.

I've seen people talking about Google zerg rushing the fedi by giving everyone with a Gmail account free Mastodon (although Gmail is costing them a _lot_ of money).

Twitter founders looking to recreate Twitter using Mastodon, by say, building in QTs and a slick interface and better onboarding would be a challenge.

#MastodonFailureModes
#MastodonFuture
#Mastodon
#MissedQuotePost

@Quinnae_Moon

Thankyou very much for this thoughtful and nuanced analysis of the studies around QT and QT behaviour.

I think it is relevant to discussions of:
#MastodonDesign
#MastodonServer
#mastodonQuoteToot
#MastodonQuoteTweet
#MissedQuoteToot
#MissedQuoteTweet
#MastodonFuture
#MastodonFailureModes
#QuoteTweet
#Harassment
#AntiFascist
#DontSpreadHate
#DontSpreadNaziPropaganda

So err.. wow, you're doing a lot there! Good job!

If this is annoying LMK and I'll delete.

@futurebird I hope you don't mind me curating this with # . If you do, say and I'll delete!

#Mastodon #MastodonDesign #MastodonFuture #SocialMedia #ModerationIsWork #decentralized #AntiMonopoly #AntiFascist
#MastodonFailureModes

Seem like probably the best ones to me for direct and implicit searches.

@sjjphd
These feel like things that would also fall under

#MastodonDesign #MastodonSafetyTools #MastodonSafety
#MastodonFailureModes

Because you're 100% right and we need a social solution of people being antiracist but also the tech safety tools.

@laurendw hmm I would curate this as:

#moderation #moderationIsWork #moderationLegalMatters #MastodonFailureModes #MastodonServer

Hopefully someone who knows the answers will actually use a # that's related and then we can crowd source the answers.

@DinoMom @futurebird @colincornaby Mm Not sure. If you look up #MastodonFailureModes you can see that big corporate funded instances will Gmail their way into existence providing a lot of content that Mastodon is missing.

Also defederation doesn't solve the racism problem on here. E.g. the PlayVicious server was Black oriented and was stopped because of mods on other servers not recognising racism. Social not tech solution.

@evacide

Thank you for sharing your experience with us via the link. I found it pretty simple to follow and made a great deal of sense.

Mastodon works using # tag searches so if you don't mind I'd like to add curation. If you don't want that LMK and I'll delete.

#moderation #moderationIsWork #mastodonDesign #MastodonFailureModes
#mastodonServer #SantaClaraPrinciples

@TheBird Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful and thought provoking article at such length.

If you don't object I'd like to add some extra # to help people approaching from a different angle and the same goal find it. If you'd prefer to just have yours there, just say and I'll delete!

@crschmidt Don't mind me, just curating, boosting, faving etc. will delete if annoying!