:blobcatverified2: on Nostr: So, about that thebadspace situation and blocklists in general... #fediblockmeta ...
So, about that thebadspace situation and blocklists in general... #fediblockmeta #thebadspace #blocklist
A view on blocklists:
Ro claims that he uses the following sources for his blocklists:
- https://seirdy.one/pb/pleroma.envs.net.csv
https://tweaking.thebad.space/about#how
- mastodon.art
- toot.wales
- colorid.es
- artisan.chat
- cathode.church
- rage.love
- union.place
- queer.group
- indiepocalypse.social
- strangeobject.space
So most of its false positives are from there, so lets take a look:
https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/05/02/fediverse-blocklists/
> The pleroma.envs.net blocklist: A large list of instances that I find worth suspending. After the first couple hundred entries (imported and then reviewed), I started collecting receipts. Since early 2023, every entry has documented reasons and receipts. I share these with multiple people in a collaborative document, but I don’t share it publicly due to risk of harassment. Unlike the other two lists on this page, it wasn’t made for general use (though you’re welcome to use it as reference).
mastodon.art:
A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations. Their blog https://dotart.blog/dotart-blog/ has a few of entries around the most controverse blocks and opinions.
toot.wales: A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations.
colorid.es: None, nothing is provided at all.
artisan.chat: A list of blocked domains with most of the reasons are categories/reasons but no proof.
cathode.church: most of the time, they have a reference to their moderation account. Lets take an example:
> https://cathode.church/@moderation/105689269713495292
> Federation Suspend tucson.claims, zefirchik.xyz, pl.moggy.xyz, pleroma.mouse.services, pl.slash.cl, blob.cat, mhp.singleuser.club, social.here.blue, social.piaste.it, udongein.xyz, fedi.absturztau.be, pler.spearman.xyz, social.k3tan.com, pirateradio.com, pleroma.dbuild.xyz, 80percent.social
> Reason: Users from these instances follow users on nazi.social; nazism, nazi collaborators.
Well i cant speak for every Domain on this post, but this looks like very very bad moderation work to me.
rage.love: A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations.
union.place: Their blocklist has well defined reasons but no proof.
queer.group: A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations. Stoppend publishing their blocklist after 04-2023
indiepocalypse.social: A list of blocked domains, ~50% has reasons/categories, 50% are imported. Stopped publishing their blocklist after 11-2022.
strangeobject.space: A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations. They actually imported their blocks one time this year.
Beside of thebadspace, another one is the oliphant blocklist or the gardenfence blocklist. Lets take a look at those one. They have a more complex system, i just take a look at their sources:
- https://seirdy.one/pb/pleroma.envs.net.csv
https://tweaking.thebad.space/about#how
- artisan.chat
- colorid.es
- indiepocalypse.social
- mastodon.art
- mastodon.online
- mastodon.social
- rage.love
- solarpunk.moe
- sunny.garden
- toot.wales
- union.place
- gardenfence blocklist
- sunny.garden
- mastodon.art
- mastodon.social
- rage.love
- toot.wales
- tenforward.social
- solarpunk.moe
So the new ones are:
- mastodon.online
- mastodon.social
- solarpunk.moe
- sunny.garden
- tenforward.social
mastodon.online: A list of blocked domains with most of the reasons are categories/reasons but no proof.
mastodon.social: A list of blocked domains with most of the reasons are categories/reasons but no proof.
solarpunk.moe: ~50% is imported from somewhere, ~25% has no reason, ~25% has reasons but no proof.
sunny.garden: Their blocklist has well defined reasons but no proof.
tenforward.social: None, nothing is provided at all.
A view on blocklists:
Ro claims that he uses the following sources for his blocklists:
- https://seirdy.one/pb/pleroma.envs.net.csv
https://tweaking.thebad.space/about#how
- mastodon.art
- toot.wales
- colorid.es
- artisan.chat
- cathode.church
- rage.love
- union.place
- queer.group
- indiepocalypse.social
- strangeobject.space
So most of its false positives are from there, so lets take a look:
https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/05/02/fediverse-blocklists/
> The pleroma.envs.net blocklist: A large list of instances that I find worth suspending. After the first couple hundred entries (imported and then reviewed), I started collecting receipts. Since early 2023, every entry has documented reasons and receipts. I share these with multiple people in a collaborative document, but I don’t share it publicly due to risk of harassment. Unlike the other two lists on this page, it wasn’t made for general use (though you’re welcome to use it as reference).
mastodon.art:
A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations. Their blog https://dotart.blog/dotart-blog/ has a few of entries around the most controverse blocks and opinions.
toot.wales: A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations.
colorid.es: None, nothing is provided at all.
artisan.chat: A list of blocked domains with most of the reasons are categories/reasons but no proof.
cathode.church: most of the time, they have a reference to their moderation account. Lets take an example:
> https://cathode.church/@moderation/105689269713495292
> Federation Suspend tucson.claims, zefirchik.xyz, pl.moggy.xyz, pleroma.mouse.services, pl.slash.cl, blob.cat, mhp.singleuser.club, social.here.blue, social.piaste.it, udongein.xyz, fedi.absturztau.be, pler.spearman.xyz, social.k3tan.com, pirateradio.com, pleroma.dbuild.xyz, 80percent.social
> Reason: Users from these instances follow users on nazi.social; nazism, nazi collaborators.
Well i cant speak for every Domain on this post, but this looks like very very bad moderation work to me.
rage.love: A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations.
union.place: Their blocklist has well defined reasons but no proof.
queer.group: A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations. Stoppend publishing their blocklist after 04-2023
indiepocalypse.social: A list of blocked domains, ~50% has reasons/categories, 50% are imported. Stopped publishing their blocklist after 11-2022.
strangeobject.space: A list of blocked domains without reasons or more informations. They actually imported their blocks one time this year.
Beside of thebadspace, another one is the oliphant blocklist or the gardenfence blocklist. Lets take a look at those one. They have a more complex system, i just take a look at their sources:
- https://seirdy.one/pb/pleroma.envs.net.csv
https://tweaking.thebad.space/about#how
- artisan.chat
- colorid.es
- indiepocalypse.social
- mastodon.art
- mastodon.online
- mastodon.social
- rage.love
- solarpunk.moe
- sunny.garden
- toot.wales
- union.place
- gardenfence blocklist
- sunny.garden
- mastodon.art
- mastodon.social
- rage.love
- toot.wales
- tenforward.social
- solarpunk.moe
So the new ones are:
- mastodon.online
- mastodon.social
- solarpunk.moe
- sunny.garden
- tenforward.social
mastodon.online: A list of blocked domains with most of the reasons are categories/reasons but no proof.
mastodon.social: A list of blocked domains with most of the reasons are categories/reasons but no proof.
solarpunk.moe: ~50% is imported from somewhere, ~25% has no reason, ~25% has reasons but no proof.
sunny.garden: Their blocklist has well defined reasons but no proof.
tenforward.social: None, nothing is provided at all.