 I am gathering a list of people who want to be involved in the discussion around the formation of a "United Federation of Instances" which is an attempt to combat the fracturing of the fediverse and the general spreading of misinformation WRT moderation decisions. If anyone is interested in being a part of it let me know in the replies. I will add you to the list, share the draft proposal, and we can start discussions. I have several people already interested. 18 comments
@skanman once i get some responses ill send out a seperate DM that shares the initial draft and opens up the floor to discussion.  @freemo I am not sure I can contribute (too little time for many things atm), but it sounds interesting and I would love to read more.  @freemo I do not meant to discourage you, but I believe that there have been multiple attempts on solving this issue, various covenants I think they were called. Therefor my question is how this "United Federation of Instances" would be any different from prior works and how it would be successful in achieving it's goal. @stevenclyman A very good question.. can you link me to previous efforts so I can review their approach and then I would be happy to tell you how/if we differ. @stevenclyman My guess would be the big difference for us would be due process, democrattic process, and a no-defederating within the UFI policy... but again id need to see these other attempts to really say. @freemo I believe this was it. :) https://github.com/pixeldesu/fediverse-friendly-moderation-covenant @stevenclyman So that seems more like a set of minimal rules you should follow for moderating your own instance... Very different from what I am proposing which is an actual federation of instances ... I think you'd understand the differences best if i send you the draft. Would you be interested in joining the discussion and offering feedback? @stevenclyman Sure, sounds fine... would you at least like a copy of the draft when I send it. You can respond to it if you like, no pressure.  @freemo You might wish to talk with @pixel about his past experiences (I have no knowledge on whether he'd want to take any part, but he might have valuable information he'd want to share due to having written https://github.com/pixeldesu/fediverse-friendly-moderation-covenant). @robryk Do you also want to be involved on in the conversation or nah? @freemo why not just publish the draft first and have the discussion in the open? I would think you could generate more interest that way. Have you reached out to other instance admin about this? I feel like this could result in some negative unintended consequences. De-federation, and the social threat of de-federation is the main tool to apply pressure to instance admins that are not sufficiently moderating their community. |
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@freemo Interested.