The problem with Mastodon being decentralized is that every server has its own set of rules, which makes content moderation subjective to the admins of that server. Mastodon's "Server Covenant ...

He has also called the recent Meta moderation changes “deeply troubling.” While Mastodon has not been as obvious a player in terms of raw user numbers as, say, Threads or Bluesky in the post-X ...

Motivated by the recrudescence of Meta’s moderation failings, a number of Mastodon servers have also chosen to list Threads as a blocked server. However, if you take a look at Meta’s list of moderated ...

Quote posts will also affect other parts of Mastodon’s code base, the announcement states, including the ActivityPub-handling code, the public API, the web user interface, the moderation panel ...

We were initially optimistic about Threads because of its support for federation and interoperability with Mastodon. The relatively young ... series of new policies that significantly scaled back ...

How to deal with toxic users Despite Mastodon's relative success, its growth has uncovered complications that are unique to decentralized management. Content moderation has been a chronic headache ...