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submitted 1 week ago by sonori@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

A well backed as usual peice by Benn Jordan on the basics of how misinformation farms work according to their own internal documentation, the goal of creating a post truth world, and why a sizable percentage of twitter users start talking about OpenAi’s terms of service every time they update it.

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[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 week ago

The Fediseer project from @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com helps prevent bot farms from proliferating, as new servers require an endorsement from an already trusted instance to become 'legit'. And they can be marked as untrustworthy as well, causing them to be defederated fairly quickly, limiting its reach.

We also have a MUCH higher moderator to user ratio compared to corpo sites, with a range between 100 to 2,500 users per mod depending on instance, Vs. 250,000 users per mod on sites like twitter, so we can more adequately spot and deal with spam on the network.

[-] dan@upvote.au 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for the info! I didn't know about the Fediseer project - I don't think it existed when I created my Mastodon and Lemmy servers, or I just wasn't aware of it.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

It's been out for the past year. It's all word of mouth but a lot of instances have fediseer badges to draw attention to it.

[-] dan@upvote.au 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for maintaining it! I signed up, now I just need to see if anyone's willing to guarantee my single-user Lemmy instance. Not adding my Mastodon since I don't know if I'll even keep running it.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

FYI when you request a guarantee, you can specify another instance to solicit a guarantee from. They will get a PM to inform them.

Generally getting people to guarantee for others consistently has been the biggest struggle on fediseer >_<

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