i can ship gorgeous wild coho salmon that we've caught aboard our own fishing boat, smoked and preserved by a small independent business, but if i offer you free shipping, i make negative money! its the same for all the people out there selling stuff they've made or grown or harvested...

@seachanger alternately there's products with the cost of shipping already built in, but that's still not free

@seachanger The ability to get stuff the next day, at my door, and not pay a premium for the privilege is a miracle. Deal with it.

@seachanger I agree. It doesn't have to be complicated. Just a set of symbols to reflect moderation practices.Was just recommending a similar thing today..yesterday? whenever Monday was.

@seachanger @fediversereport Doesn’t https://instances.social/ basically do this already? It doesn’t show blocks, but the each server shows that once you pick one.

@seachanger The descriptions under instances is piss poor, making it very hard to choose which to sign up to.

@seachanger if the problem is that those posts can't be seen, how can it also be a problem that those same posts are being amplified?

@seachanger i have linked & shamed the worst of replies and it was effective (it's not a full solution, but just saying that it has been effective for me to link & shame)

@seachanger One way I handle this sometimes is replying and boosting my reply. Then sometimes my followers will also reply to that person. I'm not sure of all the affordances at play but I think it can increase odds both the reply-er and maybe other would-be reply-ers will get the message. (Ironically I'm going to do this now, but not bc I think you need more replies!)

there’s a lotta love here. pay attention to that

@seachanger for sure it's a good time for the fediverse, i truly hope to see healthy and much more huge community in days to come