Visualizing Mastodon server moderation
In Mapping the wider fediverse I showed how a new table added to the Mastodon plugin—mastodon_domain_block—enables queries that find which servers are moderating which other servers. For example, here are servers on nerdculture.de’s list of offenders.
select server, domain, severity from mastodon_domain_block where server = 'https://nerdculture.de' +------------------------+--------------------------------+----------+ | server | domain | severity | +------------------------+--------------------------------+----------+ | https://nerdculture.de | roysbeer.place | silence | | https://nerdculture.de | *.10minutepleroma.com | suspend | | https://nerdculture.de | *.activitypub-troll.cf | suspend | ...snip... | https://nerdculture.de | shitposter.club | suspend | | https://nerdculture.de | wolfgirl.bar | suspend | | https://nerdculture.de | www2.gabbers.me | suspend | +------------------------+--------------------------------+----------+
I used the new query pattern to build a dashboard to report, for each server in the home timeline: