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So, here's a problem I have with Mastodon: let's say I make a post and someone replies with a racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic comment. I can block the commenter, but that only hides it for me. Other people who come to my page will see the comment, and believe that I tacitly condone that behaviour. I'd like to be able to delete the reply from my replies list entirely. Or at least hide replies from blocked accounts. And, yes, I know that wouldn't delete it from the originating server.
@evan i think the normal response would be to report it, and the server it originates from should ban them, and if they don't, this server should get limited federation, for being badly moderated, but yeah, it's not an immediate response, and it'll certainly frequently fail.
But on the other hand, the ability to delete any response you don't like might be a bit much.
@tshirtman why? I can do that on blog comments. It wouldn't delete it from the replier's server or anywhere else; just from the page that shows my original post.
@evan to me it seems normal to be able to expect contradiction on social media, as long as it stays civil, it feels like hiding/removing content is a moderator's job.