Moderation.
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@matildalove Calling people “dipshit” for trying to achieve a goal *you share*, but in a way that you don't believe strikes the perfect compromise, surely seems like an excellent way of spreading positivity and convincing people. /s
Thanks, @markwyner, for your unpaid labor of love!
@yProd 🫶
I can feel the love from y’all. Thank you.
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@markwyner thank you to you and yours for the efforts you make trying to keep the spirit of what the web should be alive.
If it weren't for you guys we'd be crushed by the big tech shit.
Keep on rocking my friend!
@Fooker beautiful. Thank you so much. 🫶
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I appreciate you trying to be transparent about the process @luciledt @markwyner
I wonder if part of the ‘massive numbers or registrations’ is because it is open though? You mentioned that you temporarily close it from time to time. Does that mean you already have good stats on how this status alters the incoming registration rate?
We close them when there’s an influx of bad people. Sometimes they come in waves.
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@alice thank you, Alice. I really appreciate that you took the time to say this. I respect and appreciate you for the human being you are and for everything you do for fedi.
I’ve been targeted since I posted about this. Some people have sent me some really nasty shit (some anti-Semitic). It sucks. And it’s ironic given the context. I just wish people would stop demonizing us.
Anyway, thank you. Your kindness is a gift. 🫶
@markwyner fuck, I wish folx would take a moment to think about who and what they're mad at before taking action. I always try to be really careful with my wording and calls to action, specifically so that my well-intentioned, but often overly excited followers, don't rush in and mob someone.
If you want to send me private screenshots of any abuse you received, I can check if they're someone I know and have a little chat about apologizing for that. If not, please accept my apology for their actions. I should have explicitly said to be kind and not to flood the your server with reports for an account that had already been reported.
I appreciate you too 🫶
And I hope the rest of your week is more pleasant
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@coalburner3000 @markwyner @kenjen my credit union won't allow user name changes
@sarae @coalburner3000 @markwyner @kenjen I have ween the 8's in Asian casino spam account names
The new account name rules feature will have a choice of outright blocking or putting the account in a moderation queue to be approved manually.
Number codes can be tricky, so those better go into a queue rather than outright blocking them.
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@markwyner fuck, I wish folx would take a moment to think about who and what they're mad at before taking action. I always try to be really careful with my wording and calls to action, specifically so that my well-intentioned, but often overly excited followers, don't rush in and mob someone.
If you want to send me private screenshots of any abuse you received, I can check if they're someone I know and have a little chat about apologizing for that. If not, please accept my apology for their actions. I should have explicitly said to be kind and not to flood the your server with reports for an account that had already been reported.
I appreciate you too 🫶
And I hope the rest of your week is more pleasant️🩹@alice 🫶
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Thank you. Truly. I’ve had lots of dirt thrown at me since I posted this. Some of it ironically discriminatory. Some of it misplaced venom. But I’ve had MORE love floating in my direction. That’s telling.
@markwyner Yeaaah, in my experience - a lot of the dirt is just from people who _really_ haven't thought about the situation, even close to how much you will have.
Ie, it's just ignorance, not malice, explicitly.
But yeah, that ratio is the thing to pay attention to.
Ultimately, Dirty Harry was right - opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.
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One last note, then I’ll STFU about this…
Feedback is appreciated. IF it’s kind and helpful.
It hurts me that a nazi slipped through today. Like, it crushes my soul and makes me sad. And I want for us to prevent that.
So we’re going to use this as a learning moment to see what else we can do moving forward.
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@markwyner Another moderator here. We used to have open registrations but moved to closed after one of the spam attack waves. But before we made that change we've been in a position similar to yours (but less extreme, since we're not nearly as large and it wasn't a Nazi).
So: Much love to you and the moderation team. I know how frustrating it is when something like this happens. If it's incredibly uncommon, I'd say you're doing a terrific job. I know I've heard only good things about mas.to.
(We saw two reports of Nazi accounts yesterday, and at least one of them was on a site other than yours.)
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@markwyner Another moderator here. We used to have open registrations but moved to closed after one of the spam attack waves. But before we made that change we've been in a position similar to yours (but less extreme, since we're not nearly as large and it wasn't a Nazi).
So: Much love to you and the moderation team. I know how frustrating it is when something like this happens. If it's incredibly uncommon, I'd say you're doing a terrific job. I know I've heard only good things about mas.to.
(We saw two reports of Nazi accounts yesterday, and at least one of them was on a site other than yours.)
