"Chanda Prescod-Weinstein talked about her experience on Mastodon, of being called the n-word multiple times and how vulnerable she feels because Mastodon doesn’t have a block button. She must rely on the moderators of the instance to do the right thing, giving moderators on the platform outsized power to ignore the racism she received."
Erica Ifill, 2022
https://notinmycolour.com/twitter-may-be-ailing-but-mastodon-is-no-remedy/
OK, I just checked. Default #Mastodon UI definitely has a block button, for both accounts and servers.
So, were these people so confused by the Mastodon UI that they genuinely couldn't find the block button? Or is this an intentional smear against Mastodon, by people who have some reason to make sure the fediverse doesn't succeed? I mean, once you've figured out what the reply, favourite, boost and bookmark buttons under each post do, there's only one left to try. The one that pops up a menu including all the moderation functions.
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@strypey I go for "intentional smear" since it is written as though they made an honest attempt to use a server but maligned the whole network in the headline.
Maybe this whole "Mastodon server" branding is the problem, setting it up for failure. With "fediverse instance" instead, a review would be clearly about specific servers.
