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Most public Fediverse servers are running on professional hosting services using business-grade data centres. They are owned and controlled by grassroots admins, but they are on the same kind of hardware as commercial online services.
For some reason there's a misconception floating around that all Fediverse servers run on home machines in a corner of someone's living room. This usually isn't the case. It is possible to do, but most admins don't do this, especially not for public servers.
Something that could make Mastodon safer and more pleasant to use would be reply controls.
This would optionally allow users to specify who can reply to their posts, so that people who experience abusive replies from bigots, trolls etc can pre-emptively prevent that happening.
It would also give people a middle option between follower-only posts and public posts.
If you're comfortable using Github, you can vote for this by giving a thumbs up at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14762
Mastodon's moderation could be greatly improved by a system to automatically flag posts containing certain words, phrases or links.
It would allow admins to instantly see problematic content (abuse, spam, etc) without having to wait for reports from users. It doesn't have to automatically take action, just flag it.
There's an existing issue in Mastodon's Github. If you are comfortable using Github, give it a thumbs up if you want this feature: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/31182
Hey Fediverse admins,
Are you overwhelmed by all the nasty servers you need to block? It is a lot easier to stay safe if you import ready-made blocklists, more info here:
️ https://fedi.tips/importing-ready-made-server-blocklists-on-mastodon
Addressing common concerns:
- It's not just one list, it's many different lists, pick the one that suits you
- Blocklists are based on consensus, not individual whims
- The blocklist import process automatically flags servers with existing connections, you decide whether to block