<![CDATA[According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch.]]>@dansup:

#Loops has a dead man’s switch. If an admin does not log in for a week, open registrations close.

This might seem like a small thing but it’s huge for trust and safety.

#Fedicon]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/8b2f0691-e824-4640-a6a2-eb1083f82e8d/according-to-@dansup-loops-has-a-dead-man-s-switch.RSS for NodeFri, 14 Aug 2026 21:14:30 GMTSat, 08 Aug 2026 18:05:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:32:47 GMT]]>@kichae@wanderingadventure.party please help me come up with a better set of terms lol.

I think I heard @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems say “neighborhoods” as well.

Naming things sucks.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2338https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2338Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:32:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:31:37 GMT]]>> Realistically, all content from an unmoderated site should go through a moderation filter.

I agree with this actually! There is more to federation than an on-off switch. I was talking to @ozoned@btfree.social about it this weekend, about how we have islands vs the open ocean, but we can also have open and closed archipelagoes (archipelagii?) — I forgot about what term we came up with, if at all.

Basically, a closed archipelago is an island network of oliphant fame. An open one filters content from servers outside the archipelago.

cc @skavish@welley.social

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2337https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2337Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:31:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:16:51 GMT]]>will post it later this week for review

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzpw00yhe3xrtfd7t55db9wshttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzpw00yhe3xrtfd7t55db9wsMon, 10 Aug 2026 22:16:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:15:17 GMT]]>@skavish@welley.social you would only inhibit new content from the server. Better that than risk spam being spread from the unmanaged instance.

Happy to help draft/co-author

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2336https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2336Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:15:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:44:12 GMT]]>I am leaning to authoring fep on this topic. jfyi @julian@activitypub.space

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzpt47y3e9dtw9sdmah7kkmfhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzpt47y3e9dtw9sdmah7kkmfMon, 10 Aug 2026 21:44:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:53:44 GMT]]>admin has not logged in into a server for some time - by itself - does not mean much. it is bad only if there is spammer's infestation or smth.

if there is no infestation then why punish content from this server?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzjafdn9efmrp3sjhqjqx1cyhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzjafdn9efmrp3sjhqjqx1cySun, 09 Aug 2026 03:53:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:39:03 GMT]]>@julian @skavish Yes, an FEP can cover a non-technical topic too.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mitra.social/objects/019fe350-b095-7351-8d2f-56db6a1bcd47https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mitra.social/objects/019fe350-b095-7351-8d2f-56db6a1bcd47Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:39:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:29:22 GMT]]>@skavish@welley.social my understanding is that FEPs can be informational as well. So a sharing of best practices also qualifies as an FEP candidate.

@silverpill@mitra.social <img class=“not-responsive emoji” src=“https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2753.png?v=8161d5c9b56” title=“❓” />

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2278https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2278Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:29:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:27:48 GMT]]>if we want to signal to other servers that a server is abandoned we may need a FEP

but it looks like a local feature

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzhmcr1cehev5n3t55xc259chttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzhmcr1cehev5n3t55xc259cSat, 08 Aug 2026 21:27:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:21:57 GMT]]>@skavish@welley.social definitely not, I think it’s just a common sense approach to handling abandoned/unmanaged instances.

There were calls for this last year when spammers took advantage of abandoned servers with open registration and went absolutely nuts.

Does it rise to the level of an FEP? Maybe if combined with a couple other common sense approaches to forum admin <img class=“not-responsive emoji” src=“https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f937.png?v=8161d5c9b56” title=“🤷” /> got any other ideas?

@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org

@iftas@mastodon.iftas.org may have some additional thoughts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2275https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2275Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:21:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to According to @dansup:#Loops has a dead man’s switch. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:34:56 GMT]]>yeah, I love it! really want to copy it in #welley

hopefully it is not patented, lol 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzhhbydxe28aws89g8t458w2https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://welley.social/posts/pt_01kzhhbydxe28aws89g8t458w2Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:34:56 GMT