Defederating servers / Blocking users from Fediverse
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Hello. :wave:
I have been trying to filter out some of the foreign language posts that come from the Fediverse.
I have been using the "Filtering" to defederate instances. (In most cases, these are single-user instance bot accounts.)
Even if I add in an instance to the list, and separate it with a line break, posts from that instance will still appear.
Is it because I am using a relay?Example: I have
fairy.idlisted as a server in the Filtering box.
But their posts still appear.
(I added the server to the Filtering box yesterday. Restarted NodeBB in that time)
Additionally, how do I block/perma mute a Fediverse account for the entire website without blocking the entire instance?
Seems like 'Delete Account' is the way, but perhaps I am missing something obvious, and I am just blind, lol. -
Hello. :wave:
I have been trying to filter out some of the foreign language posts that come from the Fediverse.
I have been using the "Filtering" to defederate instances. (In most cases, these are single-user instance bot accounts.)
Even if I add in an instance to the list, and separate it with a line break, posts from that instance will still appear.
Is it because I am using a relay?Example: I have
fairy.idlisted as a server in the Filtering box.
But their posts still appear.
(I added the server to the Filtering box yesterday. Restarted NodeBB in that time)
Additionally, how do I block/perma mute a Fediverse account for the entire website without blocking the entire instance?
Seems like 'Delete Account' is the way, but perhaps I am missing something obvious, and I am just blind, lol.That's a really good question! It might be that posts are still leaking through due to some other reason (maybe relays, maybe something else).
I'll have to audit the instance deny-list code and double check.
As for blocking individual users, there is no way to do this instance-wide yet. However that is a good idea, I will look into implementing this.
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FWIW deleting an account won't block the user from coming back. If you navigate back to their profile (via direct link or clicked link, or if they're mentioned, etc.) NodeBB will just pull their account info in again.
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Crakila Can you please try again with the latest
developcommit? I updated the blocking logic to handle both activity retrieval and sending. Prior to this, it was only checking the domain on incoming activities.I don't know whether this would explain why the posts from
fairy.idstill show up for you, but it's worth a shot.
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Crakila Can you please try again with the latest develop commit? I updated the blocking logic to handle both activity retrieval and sending. Prior to this, it was only checking the domain on incoming activities.
I don't know whether this would explain why the posts from fairy.id still show up for you, but it's worth a shot.
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FWIW deleting an account won't block the user from coming back. If you navigate back to their profile (via direct link or clicked link, or if they're mentioned, etc.) NodeBB will just pull their account info in again.
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That's a really good question! It might be that posts are still leaking through due to some other reason (maybe relays, maybe something else).
I'll have to audit the instance deny-list code and double check.
As for blocking individual users, there is no way to do this instance-wide yet. However that is a good idea, I will look into implementing this.
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It's a good approach, it's exactly how NodeBB operates as well.
We have a FOSS software and we sell managed services for those who don't have the technical know-how.
Win-win.
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Even then, would rather my government contract out Mastodon hosting to a company based here in the UK than to use the American Hosted and moderated Elon tool.
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TIL GNU Affero General Public License it a flavor that closes loopholes that were used to extend open software without actually open sourcing your contributions.
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In some countries, corporations and government are basically the same entity. Free countries distinguish between them in a meaningful sense.
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What keeps most of them away from free software is that they can’t write a contract with anyone with clear boundaries and guarantees.
They can. There are plenty of companies offering Mastodon hosting.
