Category:
Internet shutdown resilience
Level:
Intermediate
No. of hours:
3
Learning Objectives (By the end of this Learning Unit you will be able to...)
- Learn the difference between federated platforms and the Fediverse
- Understand the pillars of the Fediverse, values and culture
- Learnd the basic features and history of Mastodon, Peertube, Element and Delta Chat
Topics Covered:
- Fediverse
- ActivityPub
- dComms tools
Category:
Internet shutdown resilience
Level:
Intermediate
No. of hours:
3
Learning Objectives (By the end of this Learning Unit you will be able to...)
- Define what are community guidelines
- Define the Administrator's role in community building and content moderation
Topics Covered:
- What are community guidelines?
- What is their role in community building and content moderation?
- Examples of good Community Guidelines per tool: Mastodon, Peertube, Element, Delta Chat
- How local legislation relates to Community Guidelines?
Category:
Internet shutdown resilience
Level:
Intermediate
No. of hours:
3
Learning Objectives (By the end of this Learning Unit you will be able to...)
- How small communities can protect themselves on federated platforms
- Why it is important to team up as moderators
- Relations between user-level and admin-level moderation
Topics Covered:
- Is Fediverse really a safe space?
- How small communities can protect themselves on federated platforms?
- Why it is important to team up as moderators?
- A couple of real stories about attacks on Mastodon and Element (from the alt-right and other hostile movements)
- Relations between user-level and admin-level moderation
Category:
Internet shutdown resilience
Level:
Intermediate
No. of hours:
3
Learning Objectives (By the end of this Learning Unit you will be able to...)
- Learn the difference between technical and non-technical moderation techniques
- Define what is community care and communication culture as proactive and preventive moderation
- Learn which moderation tools exist for final users in Mastodon and Element
- Learn which moderation tools are there for admins in Mastodon and Element
Topics Covered:
- Difference between technical and non-technical moderation techniques
- Community care and communication culture as proactive and preventive moderation
- Which moderation tools exist for lay users in Mastodon and Element?
- Which moderation tools are there for admins in Mastodon and Element?
- Play the Moderation Challenge: a game where you will have to take decisions as a moderator of a dComms Mastodon instance