One of the things I wish modlogs had is the ability to respond to them. Sure, that might mean dealing with them being further jackasses in the modlog if they are honestly misbehaving, but isn’t that also a possibility on Ye Power Trippin’ Bastards?
The admin/mod instance wouldn’t even have to allow it to be visible, it could just be visible from their own home instance. If that’s an actual problem, the home instance can get involved or just get defederated if it gets to that. It could be toggled as an option from the home instance.
As it is, even Google Maps has better “modlogs”. Still fairly easy to simulate, as someone could just action their action in their home instance and include their reply to the actual action there.
Claiming “it’s the AutoMod, stupid” is not an excuse. Even an AutoMod can provide better replies than this. What is the actual reason for modlogs if they don’t matter anymore? Marketing?
I like that idea because it solves the problem of someone spinning up a dozen communities across several popular instances and repeatedly banning a user and writing defamation in the modlog. Which is a very abusive tactic I’ve seen used by various individuals.
While I’m an anarchist and I always question authority, most people aren’t. Most people implicitly trust mods. So abusing people’s trust like that can be very effective as a means of reputational abuse. It’s propaganda.
One of the things I wish modlogs had is the ability to respond to them. Sure, that might mean dealing with them being further jackasses in the modlog if they are honestly misbehaving, but isn’t that also a possibility on Ye Power Trippin’ Bastards?
The admin/mod instance wouldn’t even have to allow it to be visible, it could just be visible from their own home instance. If that’s an actual problem, the home instance can get involved or just get defederated if it gets to that. It could be toggled as an option from the home instance.
As it is, even Google Maps has better “modlogs”. Still fairly easy to simulate, as someone could just action their action in their home instance and include their reply to the actual action there.
Claiming “it’s the AutoMod, stupid” is not an excuse. Even an AutoMod can provide better replies than this. What is the actual reason for modlogs if they don’t matter anymore? Marketing?
I like that idea because it solves the problem of someone spinning up a dozen communities across several popular instances and repeatedly banning a user and writing defamation in the modlog. Which is a very abusive tactic I’ve seen used by various individuals.
While I’m an anarchist and I always question authority, most people aren’t. Most people implicitly trust mods. So abusing people’s trust like that can be very effective as a means of reputational abuse. It’s propaganda.