 Instance admins: Would you be interested in following an account that announces instances that are likely spammy or facilitate spam due to lack of instance moderation? This would be automated using signals from https://fedidb.org and other sources to help identify potentially problematic instances. Ideally we could use this to reach out to the admin and let them know instead of just blocking them. What are your thoughts? #fediverse #fediAdmin 6 comments
@dansup my opinion: Why do people that think automated blocking is a good idea even use federated software? It's like with E-Mail. You host your own server and suddenly find yourself on a zillion block/spam lists because the server is new and therefore "suspicious" and you have to jump through countless hoops with countless vendors just to send a single E-Mail. @lerk It's not automated blocking, it's just a list of "potential" spammy instances. There are quite a few "abandoned" instances that are a haven for unmoderated spam and this could be a way to identify problematic instances in this context. This is not like fediblock, and isn't meant to suggest instances to block, rather its purpose is to help admins identify this specific (potentially) spammy behavior. It's just an idea for now, and feedback like this is crucial to direction it may take! @dansup Ah okay. In that case I'd prefer if the account could create mention only posts that notify the instance admin/moderators. And maybe only post publicly if there is no reaction or something like that. I'd still not follow that account but would consider the mention only posts helpful nontheless.  @dansup I'd be more interested in sharing spammy IP addresses/blocks - but sure, I would subscribe to monitoring this for review (not for any automated action)  |
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Yes please