Gregory's ServerIt's gob-smacking that because a white supremacist leaked state secrets about Ukraine on Discord, they decide to throw Mastodon under the bus.
No, Discord's toxic userbase is on Discord, not us.
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 The subtextual implication seems to be, "Decentralized services result in abusive trolls that aren't moderated." Well, seeing how they're reporting on Discord as the vector of abuse, and Discord is *actually* centralized, that undermines their argument. Twitter is the same way. And so is Instagram. See a trend here?  @atomicpoet Everything old is new again... remembering 'communist' Linux and open source. The corporate class knows a threat to their business model when they see one. I assumed Mastodon would have moderation problems when I first joined. It's the best moderation I've ever seen. Vastly better than corporate platforms. @atomicpoet when it comes to discord. It depends on the server. Most of the time you going to run across a decent staff team. But everyonce in a blue moon. There will be a discord server that problematic. -a mod that tends to run strict rules for my servers and follow strict guidelines.  @atomicpoet Since they also bring up Reddit I assume they confuse decentralization with separate closed group forums. But then again those also exist on Facebook. @atomicpoet Does Pleroma has moderation tools equivalent to Mastodon? Perhaps it's a technical issue since those instances can scale big fast without breaking a sweat, making moderation far more crucial. @jbzfn Pleroma has even better moderation tools than Mastodon! Also, I run a Pleroma server at atomicpoet.org. See also: https://docs-develop.pleroma.social/backend/configuration/mrf/ |
I will not deny that there are problematic Fediverse servers that exist.
You know what's funny? Most of them aren't using Mastodon. Instead they typically use Pleroma with a Rebased or Soapbox front-end.
But that's neither here nor there because, yes, problematic Fediverse servers (including Mastodon) do indeed exist. When I see them, I report them on Fediblock -- and urge everyone else to de-federate.
Most Fediverse server admins are doing more for community safety than Discord Inc.