Egregoros

Tempted to write a "What is Fedi" blog post explaining how wanting to have builtin automated blocklists and "trust and safety" features won't fly with almost every Fedi server dev out there. So I can then send it to every post I see about users wanting this and get yelled at for being XYZ.

@phnt@fluffytail.org block and mute are literally right there but people refuse to use them and then complain about seeing things they don't want to see. i honestly don't get it

@rosey No, they use it. But they expect this place to work like Xitter/Bsky where all those users they block/mute don't even show up on their timelines. What they want is a software or service that deals with this for them, instead of them moderating their own timelines however they want. This is the most common disconnect I see.

@rosey And if they block liberally, the next issue that usually is complained about is pic attached.
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@phnt @rosey Does Mastodon not have thread muting?

@mint @phnt @rosey It does not--at least not the version mstdn.jp runs. There's a "Filter" option, but even with all the options enabled for a given thread's OP, it still doesn't filter all responses.