Andy Lundell 💠is a user on octodon.social. You can follow them or interact with them if you have an account anywhere in the fediverse.
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Discussion on IRC led to the following conclusions:
* Most tools on Mastodon for blocking are designed with "user runs their own instance" in mind
* Many of the most vulnerable elements of society can't afford to run their own instances, like trans people
* Tools for end-users are insuffiicent
* Existing silence vs suspend is woefully inadequate esp for "grey" instances where some users might be okay but not others
* Users are unable to really block domains
I have no good answers. 🤷
I *think* your forth bullet point is by design. Intended to encourage instance administrators to clean up their own communities for fear of losing their links to the federation.
