• defnull@chaos.social
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    2 months ago

    @[email protected] “Fetch and merge blocklists” is not that simple.

    If A trusts B and B trusts C, should a block in C really be merged via B to A even if A does not directly trust C?

    Should automated blocks with no human control really destroy connections and remove content, or be limited to just a ‘suspend’?

    If not implemented carefully, a single unfounded or malicious false block could easily snowball into isolating an entire instance.

    Hand curated or majority-based shared blocklists already exist.

    • Stefan Bohacek@stefanbohacek.onlineOP
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      2 months ago

      @[email protected] Oh absolutely, you’d need to be able to review any changes to server block lists, much like getting prompted when importing them manually.

      The mock-up was mainly intended to illustrate handling of preview images for links, so I didn’t really elaborate on that.