minus-squaredefnull@chaos.socialtoNews from fediverse@fedia.io•Hmm, still like this "trusted servers" idea.linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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. linkfedilink
@[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.