Even if my whitelist code is publicly available, I stand with @Gargron in preferring that folks don't adopt it in a widespread.
I want Mastodon to succeed and a more open platform is what's going to help accomplish that the most.
awoo.space is intended to be an edge case- a place where we're accommodating a space for those of us who want better protection while the platform can't support it yet.
I'm gonna check out now. I love what everyone has done with Mastodon, and I'm very happy to be here. I hope we can stop fighting over this soon so we can get back to building the platform.
@vahnj As someone who has followed the GNUSocial-based services since its Laconica days, your blacklist/whitelist stance is far safer and kinder than the instances I've been a part of in the past.
Just from that stance alone, I trust your judgement more than the admins of the past.
@vahnj precedent is only dangerous if you assume people can't simply exhibit judgement. We can though and I trust yours. <3
That said, my only criteria for blacklisting the sites that we do literally boils down to "these people have harassed others in the past and the admins have did nothing to stop it, or actively encouraged it".
If you think that's dangerous just because "it sets a precedent" for abuse in other ways- which I totally understand now that I've thought about it enough- I feel you've decided you really don't care about the position we're in in our space.