Is anyone else having difficulty posting videos here on Mastodon recently?
It hasn't mattered the size of the video, it just doesn't want to fully process them or allow them to be posted.
They process, it sits there forever, and I can never post them. It didn't used to do that... this has been the last week or so.
Thank you!
@AusSocialMods and some of the other instance mods can be inhumanly efficient sometimes. I woke up to see phone notifications informing me I had more follows from different fediverse chick bots but when I opened the app they were nowhere to be seen. Obviously someone had reported them while I was asleep and they were already dealt with by the time I looked. Thank you. 
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Update: After this article was published, Bluesky restored Kabas' post and told 404 Media the following: "This was a case of our #moderators applying the policy for non-consensual AI content strictly. After re-evaluating the #newsworthy context, the #moderation team is reinstating those posts."
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The Meta boss’ decision to get rid of the platform’s 40,000 moderators has set the stage for a fact-free four years online.
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What do you think the top 5 will be?
Just wanted to thank the official @auschwitzmuseum account for doubling a good #moderation tool: the replies very good place for #moderators to find which people and servers to block.
Obviously they don't want or at all deserve the harassment, but they sure do make a good lightning rod.
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Looks like #Mastodon.social is getting hit with one of those #spambots that tags random people with an ad. Better keep an eye out, #FediMod / #moderators. Bit of a #Spam wave going on, might spread to other servers soon.
#Moderator Issues.
New #report comes in.
No description.
Posts are all part of a thread criticizing the Mainstream Media, with focus on slanted reporting of the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
Nothing advocating any violence, nothing racist, nothing that seems like blatant misinformation.
No description.
Report was from another server so can't ask for one.
Forced to move on because there's no information about what is being reported.
Perhaps some ability to send internal messages in response to #reports, regardless of server, should be added to #ActivityPub? I know I've seen people talk about adding the ability to share moderator notes, and it would really help with moderation between servers on the #fediverse to be able to ask these questions and see what other #moderators are thinking...
. Scammers & spammers, just posting a link to a tiny/url for ‘free home insurance’, or ‘free money’ etc in replies to anyone and everyone.
All on .social, of course… 
#Scam #Scammers #Spam #MaliciousLink
#Moderators #fediblock #BlockityBlock
Our 2024 moderator survey received over 120 responses representing nearly two million hosted accounts. While we work on the final report, we have some early highlights on the Blog: https://about.iftas.org/2024/10/16/2024-survey-early-highlights/ .
Early data shows a continued need for help with CSAM, spam, NCII and core moderation guidance.
A big thank you to everyone who took part.
From the moderator of an instance called "progressivecafe".
Can somebody with a better understanding of how Mastodon moderation works explain to me how this shit gets handled?
