Serge from Babka on Nostr: One area of Mastodon safety that doesn't get much attention is the way that the ...
One area of Mastodon safety that doesn't get much attention is the way that the reporting interface is abused.
When a report is forwarded to another server, it doesn't say what user created the report.
That allows hateful accounts to report people as a means of harassment, as in our case, Babka Social has users reported simply for being Jews.
The reports are blank, or else contain an either false or inflammatory statement about the user.
The users don't see it, but the admins and moderators do, and there's nothing we can do other than disable reporting from an instance- which we don't want to do because we want to ensure our users *are* good Fediverse citizens and we want reports when they're not.
This causes emotional strain on moderators and yet I've never heard anyone talk about this issue in a serious way.
#Mastodon #MastodonSafety #Fediverse
When a report is forwarded to another server, it doesn't say what user created the report.
That allows hateful accounts to report people as a means of harassment, as in our case, Babka Social has users reported simply for being Jews.
The reports are blank, or else contain an either false or inflammatory statement about the user.
The users don't see it, but the admins and moderators do, and there's nothing we can do other than disable reporting from an instance- which we don't want to do because we want to ensure our users *are* good Fediverse citizens and we want reports when they're not.
This causes emotional strain on moderators and yet I've never heard anyone talk about this issue in a serious way.
#Mastodon #MastodonSafety #Fediverse