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I’ve finally caved and wrote an auto moderator for Mastodon that can take care of some reports automatically.

Running it manually for now to see if it works as intended, but I think this will be a net positive for us. Watch this space 👀 #mastoadmin

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Kevin Karhan :verified:
Kevin Karhan :verified:
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does it also automatically block future reports if a post was deemed okay in the past and hasn't been edited since?

#massfalsereporting #exhaustionattack
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rixx
rixx
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@kkarhan I am not aware that Mastodon has integrated functionality to stop reports, does it?

If a local user were to abuse the report function, we would talk to them or kick them. If a user on a remote instance were to abuse the report function, we would talk to their administrators, and if they declined to take action, we would consider stopping federating with the instance.

In any case, I think adding that requirement to a spam manager is not the right place.

@Kevin Karhan :verified:
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rixx
rixx
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@kkarhan It is true that I and probably most #mastoadmin|s have a script to bulk resolve reports against a specific user, because the Mastodon moderation interface helpfully groups reports by user, and then gives you zero tools to resolve all of them. But that's really a three-liner script, and hopefully in only another dozen years or so even something you can do in the web interface.
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