More seriously I think Mastodon’s general rejection of Gab taught us that federated software can have an immune system in the form of instance admins/mods blocking federation.
Yes but caveat: code of conduct is not enough. [note] The point is the community (adminx being part of that) is ready to prompt rejections of harmful content. This can only be done with awareness, education, communication, etc..
[note] In principle, it may even be irrelevant for lil’ instances where everybody knows each other… but it helps.
A code of conduct!
More seriously I think Mastodon’s general rejection of Gab taught us that federated software can have an immune system in the form of instance admins/mods blocking federation.
Yes but caveat: code of conduct is not enough. [note] The point is the community (adminx being part of that) is ready to prompt rejections of harmful content. This can only be done with awareness, education, communication, etc..
[note] In principle, it may even be irrelevant for lil’ instances where everybody knows each other… but it helps.
agreed, though I think it’s good to emphasize that individuals who don’t align with an instance’s content boundaries can go find another instance.