#ignorelist
#IvanZlax is back, notorioius sockpuppet:
2lax@diaspora-fr.org
Evidence: https://joindiaspora.com/posts/f853e22006e9013a4831005056264835
Archived: https://archive.is/rItKz
@Fla Ping.
#blocklist #theblocklist #ignorelist #podmin #antivax #CovidDisinfo #NaturalNews #SysadOrg
Addressing concerns with Blocklists
The use of blocklists by various groups and factions on Diaspora and similar distributed / decentralised social platforms is increasing. I'm an advocate of the practice.
There are also concerns raised. I have several myself.
I'd like this post to be a forum for discussing concerns and only concerns of blocklists, whether individual, informally shared, or at instance/pod or higher levels.
The purpose of this post is to identify problems, and propose solutions.
Problems would be issues of untended consequences or abuses of blocklisting.
OFF TOPIC are any of the following:
- Defences of blocklists. (This post presumes legitimacy, the defence is not necessary.)
- Individual appeals concerning profiles to be added/removed from lists.
- Any particularly in-the-weeds discussions of viewpoints benefitted or harmed by blocklists. (General class/case mentions may be relevant, long or repeated mentions, discussions, complaints, discussions, etc., are not.)
- Disruption, spamming, etc.
This discussion will be moderated with those aims in mind.
Many of those affected by this topic cannot comment here. This is a legitimate problem.
As a partial solution, I'll propose that re-shares or references to this post by blocked profiles can be linked back here in he discussion. Please use the full-qualified long link, including the hostname. There are a few profiles which seem to manage to straddle sufficient communities to be able to do this. I'll try to visit those links and re-share any substantive issues and solutions proposed.
This itself is one of the key problems with blocklists: Once blocked, a profile's access to even an appeals channel is severely limited.
Reshares are obviously encouraged.
#blocklists #BlocklistProblem #TheBlocklist #Ignorelist #Censorship #Moderation #FreeSpeech #ResponsibleSpeech #podmin
Free speech, except for people I disagree with.
Pardon me for saying so because I'm #newhere and it's only my first day on diaspora. But I learned about this ugly idea when one of my aspects posted something with the hashtags #ignorelist and #blocklist.
It's nice that we can block people from our feed and keep them from commenting on our posts. But it's a whole nother thing to tell other people who they should block! Can't you just quietly block someone without throwing them under the bus on the whole platform? Self-appointed censors just piss me off, I'm sorry. I thought diaspora was all about no censorship, no shadow-banning and all that other free speech stuff. How sad to see it on my new platform.
I want to be a part of it!
I learn about this list:
https://diasp.eu/posts/ca92ea10ec910139f82b002590d8e506
I am shocked and humiliated.
Dear @Doc Edward Morbius,
After all this work, all these publications, I don't see why shoshin is part of this list and not me, when I have posted as much as her!
It's unfair and humiliating!
I demand to be part of this list as soon as possible.
If you don't do it for me, do it for yourself, for duty done.
Long life to Ivermertine!
#blocklist #theblocklist #ignorelist #podmin #antivax #CovidDisinfo, #Reparation, #GodSaveIvermectine, #AndMe, #GoodOldDays
Sysad.org seems to be the new NaturalNews disinformation / troll home
If you've seen a recent follow from 999999999@sysad.org, this is a "glue" account that has been trying to reconnect numerous propaganda, disinformation, spam, and troll accounts that were formerly on share.naturalnews.com, which seems to have gone offline as of late August.
From 9's profile page:
We switched D* pods cos the Natural News host server crashed and we jumped over to SysAd on September 5th, 2021. Thanks for having us. Looking forward to interacting here. Cheers!!
I don't have a pod admin contact for Sysad.org, and there's none listed on the site's inforamational page: https://sysad.org/
Pod stats list just under 1,000 montly active users (MAU), and open registrations: https://sysad.org/statistics
Recommendations:
- Block
999999999@sysad.orgThis will prevent it from commenting on your own posts. - Monitor the profile's posts. It's likely new migratees will comment, like, or reshare these.
- Get ready to start blocking more sysad.org profiles and deleting comments to your posts.
I'm not convinced Sysad is fully black hat, but it's quite clearly poorly administered. Site-level blocks may be justified if that trend continues.
And if the sysad.org podmin is reading this: Put up some contact information so you can be informed directly of abuse. For your own sake and that of legitimate and good-faith users of your system. Thanks, both from me an on their behalf.
#blocklist #theblocklist #ignorelist #podmin #antivax #CovidDisinfo #NaturalNews #SysadOrg
Covid Disinf / Antivax
bosshammer@diasp.euhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/3bf8e5f0ec8a0139ff6e101b0efced44 https://joindiaspora.com/posts/45bcad20ec890139ff6c101b0efced44 See profile generally.
Also (largely as sources for reshares above)
shoshin@diasp.orgstrange_days@diaspora.psyco.frblanche@sysad.org1montagnard@diasp.orgrhoutman@pod.orkz.netc_bhon@diaspora.psyco.frlesakerfrancophone@framasphere.orgviclib@diasp.org
@Diaspora Europe: bosshammer is violating your TOU: "Content that is libelous, defamatory, bigoted, fraudulent or deceptive"
#blocklist #theblocklist #ignorelist #podmin #antivax #CovidDisinfo
Antivax disinfo: sol_o_o_l@joindiaspora.com
On my own home pod (joindiaspora.com) as it happens. (No, I’m not the podmin and I’m not entirely sure who is presently.)
I believe it’s still Lukas Matt though I’m not finding a Diaspora profile. https://feneas.org/imprint/
@Joseph Teller: ping.
Following several #NaturalNews related hashtags reveals a few additional profiles I'd not previously blocked.
Several of these are long-inactive, so the gains are probably small.
ramnath@nerdpol.chross@share.naturalnews.cominfowars@www2.gabbers.memoloz@joindiaspora.com
gvnnyla@diasp.orgdrdking@diasp.eurevvik@overraskel.sedmagarms@joindiaspora.compemfdevices@share.naturalnews.com
As with earlier posts, please limit discussion to additions or challenges to inclusions. This is not a discussion thread.
(I'll create one or link to one if there's sufficient interest in doing so.)
@Joseph Teller: Ping.