Gregory's Server@Crell @jerry I wonder, isn't "creating an instance" a barrier? In the sense that a new troll instance, after some time, should be blocked by most other instances and blocklists. Then they have to set up a new one, and so on, and so on.
Also, I guess new people either know people on Mastodon they trust or they go to joinmastodon.org and pick a server. That's kind of an accept-list, no? The barrier to get there is relatively low: https://joinmastodon.org/covenant
@skaphle @jerry Too low, apparently.
And with tools like Mastohost, setting up an attack instance is quite easy.
Always assume that malicious actors are willing to put in more work than benevolent actors. They're more motivated.