Just a reminder. I'm still exploring mastodon and the fediverse from a more technical perspective. I haven't quite gotten around to figuring out what "closed by default" looks like. But I still think it's a better use of time and energy than being mad when bad things happen on your completely open and unrestricted network. I'll share whatever I'm learning when I do get there. https://social.polotek.net/@polotek/111932297792406262
We're probably going to have to repeat this a lot and keep talking about it. But we don't actually have a ton of practice for how to manage things in a world without corporate control structures. Managing spam is one of the many things we take for granted now. Companies just do it for us, because not doing it devalues their business.
In the fediverse, all of these responsibilities are decentralized. It's going to matter a lot that nobody has to make themselves responsible for fighting spam.
I know I sometimes start out by being snarky about these things. I can't help it. I am actually looking forward to seeing more discourse about all of the things we took for granted in corporatized social media. I believe we can figure out how to give ourselves those benefits again without the same compromises. But it takes work. And the first step is getting over that thing where wander through the world without caring about how these things actually get handled.
My current feeling is that we need more parts of the ecosystem to be "pluggable". I should be able to pay for spam protection on my instance even if other people don't care enough or don't have the funds. But right now I'm not sure where it would plug in. I haven't noticed where the services I pay for even address it. https://front-end.social/@ppk/112480843260215805