For some equivalent posts we’ve seen significantly larger engagement numbers for Mastodon compared to X/Twitter, particularly given the relative sizes of different platforms.
we have had to do very little moderation of replies associated with our content.
So you get significantly larger engagement numbers and spend less time moderating. What’s left to ponder, amigo?
I do fear that as federation grows, then so too will potentially the same threats that happen on centralised social media. The fediverse is going to have a lot of vulnerable servers who won’t moderate or detect trolls & bots and over time the issue could become extremely onerous.
If a server were an obvious conduit for disinfo then other servers could defederate from it. But if it was different accounts on different servers mixed in with authentic users then it’s almost impossible to remove. What tools does mastodon / lemmy even provide to spot inauthentic behaviour? And because we’re talking different servers run in different ways there is no clear picture from above that can be formed in the same way that a centralized social media platform might have - identifying suspicious clusters of nodes or traffic.
As for federation’s future we’ll wait and see. Both bluesky and threads are talking of providing federation protocols - threads using activitypub and bluesky it’s own API. As for Mastodon & Lemmy I see a lot of positive interest in these things. The fact we’re commenting on Lemmy instead of Reddit says a lot.
That’s really sad if true. Mods feelings should be separate from the community rules they are volunteering to enforce.
I’m the kind of guy who plays devil’s advocate but unfortunately I feel like I could get moderated or banned for even this commemnt (although I have not broken any rules)
If you would check my screenshot you would also see that your post was reinstated and then removed again, this time with the proper explanation. You violated Rule 7.
That wasn’t clear until I saw your screenshot. Do you think it’s ok to show my moderation history publicly like this btw? I don’t personally care, but someone might get butthurt over this.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former President of France, has been found guilty of illegally funding his 2012 re-election campaign.
He was handed a one-year sentence of which six months were suspended, meaning they might be served by wearing an electronic tag instead of going to jail.
If the sentence is confirmed, he is most likely to be forced to wear an electronic bracelet, carry out community service, or pay a fine.
Several other people implicated in the Bygmalion case, like Sarkozy’s deputy campaign manager Jérôme Lavrilleux, were also handed suspended sentences.
He adopted tough anti-immigration policies and sought to reform France’s economy during a presidency overshadowed by the global financial crisis.
Next year, Sarkozy will be tried over allegations he took illegal funds for his 2007 presidential campaign from the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi.
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