@hpod16 @Mastodon Thanks. But to be fair (and obnoxious) - none of my ideas are bad

They won't eliminate all potential problems though of course, just taking away the worst and the most.

I'm thinking other problems, like data being harvested to "sell, track and monitor" is a bit trickier. But should be solvable partly with encryption, but not for all posts, and maybe more for Lemmy than for Mastodon (otherwise it would defeat the puropse of being a public bullentin-board-style microblog)

@hpod16 @Mastodon Even if it's not a coordinated attack from "Big Tech" or "fascists" - the mentioned remedies also mitigates other more independent bad actors like scammers. You know the ones posting scam-links for crypto-deals, dating hot chics and the other "to good to be true"-deals.

@hpod16 @Mastodon Any open servers should also have a "panic button" to stop new members to register en masse. It could be an algoritm that notices a surge of new members, and automatically blocks new registration for 24h, so the server owner can add Email-verification, "Captcha" and/ or "only member-referals" feature for new members.

@hpod16 @Mastodon
It could be hindered if there was more possibilities for server-owners to identify bad actors on their servers.

Since moderation is not cheap. It could instead be done with help from the users, by adding a "report abuse"-button to each post. Any user could then flag any post.

The server-owner should be able to mark some users as "trustworthy" giving their abuse-reports some sort of priority and the opposite too, "untrustworthy" for users who abuse this reporting system.

@BrennpunktUA @hpod16 Even if Mastodon itself does not sell, track or monitor - anyone could (since it's all out in the open as you stated before. No need for an account even.)

And I beg to differ about the likeliness of a take over by "fascists"/malicious actors. Not as in server take over, but in "join and spam" or "join and deceive"-runs, the operation financed by e.g. big tech

I think that WILL happen when Mastodon reaches a critical mass, and the @Mastodon developers need to be prepared.

@Tutanota Still your list is incomplete. Makes me a sad macaroni. Now be a #Brave Browser and include Proton Mail and Proton Drive in your list.