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Mastodon's moderation power draws authoritarianism criticism

Original: Mastodon is a great idea, but it has a fatal flaw: authoritarianism. Mods and admins are free to censor posts and users

Critics of Mastodon are arguing that the decentralized social network suffers from a fundamental flaw: moderators and server administrators can censor posts and remove users at will, with little oversight or appeal. The complaint holds that too many moderators exercise this power eagerly and arbitrarily, and some are calling for a Mastodon instance governed more democratically, where users have a real say in moderation decisions.

Why now: Ongoing debates about moderation power and censorship on decentralized social networks are resurfacing among users frustrated with arbitrary moderation.

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• Mastodon is a great idea, but it has a fatal flaw: authoritarianism. Mods and admins are free to censor posts and users on a whim, and far too many of them seem eager to do so. I want to see a social media service–it could even be a Mastodon instance–which is run… · Quasit@vivaldi.net · 3

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