Jesus Fuckbuttering Christ Mastodon users.

The amount of dipshit reply guys to someone saying they're experiencing harassment/abuse shouldn't be:

"You should find a better instance"
"You can mute, block and fediblock them"
"You're being difficult"
"You should read all the block lists for other instances and follow those"
"You should use different hashtags"
"I haven't experienced any harassment or problems and I've been here for years"
"You should create filters and a central list so everyone can find it"
"Don't complain unless you're willing to solve the problem"

Those are a few of the replies I've received, in addition to being told:

"You should be shot in the uterus"
"You should be more careful"
"You should unalive yourself"
"You should be killed"
"You're a whore"

There's a few more vile things to add to that list, but you get the idea.

My point is this, content moderation and centralized reporting is something that should be considered.

I understand it won't stop all the harassment, but it might give a better way of tracking the problems.

I am not/not volunteering to spearhead it because I already handle enough of this shit in my personal and business life.

I don't have the spoons, or fucks left.

#infosec #WomenInTech #informationsecurity #contentmoderation #safety #privacy #activist #OSINT

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@Lockdownyourlife I can definitely see shared reporting systems in the plural happening. Even if users don't all adopt the same system, having multiple publicly accessible, searchable systems, together with standards for inclusion (like evidence) would be a massive improvement over the current approaches.

It doesn't help that a) some instances keep their lists of moderated servers/individuals private for reasons essentially reducible to security by obscurity and b) that there are cases where the fediblock hashtag has been abused to spread malicious disinfo about others, causing that system to be seen as less trustworthy. (Currently the instance I'm on is on the receiving end of a drama caused by a bad actor spreading disinformation that way.)

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