Being a moderator can be frustrating, isolating, even traumatic.
IFTAS Connect brings mutual support when it matters most - during harassment waves, burnout, or just a tough decision.
You’re not alone.
In IFTAS Connect, moderator member groups gather around specific moderation tooling, or topics like wellness and legal issues.
Come find your peers. Collaborate, learn, share.
IFTAS Connect is a private, supportive space for moderators, admins, community managers and trust and safety leads across the Fediverse.
If you're working to keep your community safe, you're not alone.
Join us: https://connect.iftas.org
@iftas, an organization that's been helping make the fediverse a safer place by supporting admins, moderators and community managers, is asking for our support.
"[...] despite our best efforts to secure sustainable funding, IFTAS is now facing a critical financial shortfall. Without immediate support, we will be forced to severely curtail our activities in the next 60 days."
https://about.iftas.org/2025/02/06/funding-challenges-and-the-future-of-our-work/
EDIT: As per a reply, the team is mainly looking for pledges from large donors. Best way you can help as an individual is to spread the word!
The 2024 Needs Assessment results are in so stay tuned for some really interesting info on what moderators and admins think are the big issues facing them at the moment.
We’ll be sharing some stats over the coming weeks so make sure you’re following us to see them!
There are no walls on a spider’s web.
We want a web where everyone can participate, where everyone is safe from abuse and harm, where civil society can flourish, where people can meet, learn, share, live, love, laugh.
Our founding grants have delivered a “do not interact list,” the CARIAD block list, FediCheck, a moderator library, prototype of an opt-in CSAM detection and reporting service, the IFTAS Connect community, and more.
We are wrapping up the annual Moderator Needs Assessment and will be posting the findings soon, stay tuned!
What do you think the top 5 will be?
IFTAS is happy to announce the public availability of our DSA Guide for Decentralized Services – a practical guide for small and micro services that are subject to the EU’s Digital Services Act.
If your server has member accounts in the EU, or is publicly viewable in the EU, your service is most likely impacted by this regulation, even if you are not based or hosted in the EU.
Learn more about it here: https://about.iftas.org/2024/04/09/dsa-guide-for-the-fediverse/ .
#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #MastoMods
https://about.iftas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSA-Guide-Decentralised-Servers.pdf
Here’s one thing we’re working on at the moment:
Lillian and Jon have been conducting a survey of moderators to help guide the production of a number of templates for moderation teams, including a moderator agreement and code of conduct.
Longer-term this will become a handbook for hands-on moderator activities.
Reminder that we’re running a random draw to win one of fifty $20 gift cards - all you need to do is complete the admins and moderators needs assessment survey which you can do here: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/kbCuHVByN8EoUPiESliFzU8T8Y+PYVgszLKYeiyCT9k/
Only non-anonymous responses will be entered into the draw.
If you're an admin, mod, or community manager on any Fediverse instance of any size, the 2024 Fediverse survey is still open!
This is the best way to direct the work of all the people creating tools and resources at IFTAS.
All questions optional. Use this link:
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/kbCuHVByN8EoUPiESliFzU8T8Y+PYVgszLKYeiyCT9k/
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The Fediverse has 30,000 moderators. Twitter has fewer than 2,000. Meta has 15,000.
We have twice as many content reviewers than Meta.
Almost none are full time, very few are paid, and there is little in the way of central guidance or tooling to help any of them with their work. Some are working on their individual instance and see only a fraction of the network, but what if we could find a way to join forces, share the load, and spread the love?
The 2024 Fediverse #Moderator Survey is live!
Last year we had 130+ responses, we’d love to hear from more of you this year! Even if you are a one-person server, your admin/mod experience helps us prioritise what we work on.
The survey takes a few minutes, all answers optional, all platforms welcome. 50 participants will receive a $20 gift card.
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/kbCuHVByN8EoUPiESliFzU8T8Y+PYVgszLKYeiyCT9k/
Please note, the preview card will not work, use the link above
We’re in the middle of conducting our annual needs assessment where we ask Fediverse admins and moderators what they need to make their lives easier.
Last year over 130 responses led to a wide range of resources and activities, and we need your collective input to guide us going forward.
We want to hear from everyone involved in moderating content on federated platforms of all shapes and sizes.
Learn more at https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/
IFTAS are thrilled to be able to sponsor up to 20 tickets to @fediforum this year.
We’re funding the opportunity for 20 IFTAS Connect members to attend this three-day virtual unconference on issues that can help improve the Fediverse.
FediForum is an invaluable resource for Fediverse modmins so if you’re interested all you need to do is be a member of IFTAS Connect and let us know: https://connect.iftas.org/
Fwiw, I've just submitted a PR to correct the ordering on Moderator Notes.. somehow the order had been changed and that made the feature a lot more confusing.
#MastoMods #MastoAdmin
Mastodon Mods & Admins: would having markdown support in Moderator Notes on Reports, Accounts and Instances make sense?
If so, please give this issue a thumbs up: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/31544
We've recently added a view of the Audit Log for an Instance, so you now have that in the Instance details page, coming in 4.3
Mastodon Admins & Mods: Would it be useful to be able to keep notes on Instances, much like you can on Accounts and Reports?
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/24586
I'd be happy to implement this, though may require some additional funding to help push it over the line.
Hi all, we’re IFTAS (Independent Federated Trust & Safety), a nonprofit supporting trust and safety on the open social web.
We do this by convening the community of practice; providing tools and services; and serving as a group purchaser for the #moderator community.
If you’re an admin, moderator, community manager, or moderation tools developer on the Fediverse, we want to hear from you!
