Everyone can post a case via normal Fedi posts to the court and the elected judges give a verdict via majority vote. Once a case has a verdict, all instances should immediately apply the decided action against the offending content / account.

My immediate thought reading this was, how does that work across jurisdictions? Is the idea that every jurisdiction runs its own instance of this software? Something illegal in one jurisdiction might not be in another.

There's also the question of representation. Does every (lemmy/mbin/piefed) instance get the same representation? If there's proportional representation, that just promotes centralization of the fediverse. If there's not, you can just set up new instances to manipulate the vote.

And the task of the court is to defend universal rules all following instances agree on.

Sure, but are there checks and balances which ensure that?

Sources: Microsoft is among a group of companies lobbying the Trump administration to halt the FCC's plan to ban imports of Chinese optical transceivers (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/microsoft-presses-trump-scuttle-expected-ban-chinese-data-center-technology-2026-11-10/
http://www.techmeme.com/261110/p16#a261110p16

J'ai légèrement actualisé le visuel d'une sérigraphie réalisée pour mon précédent crowdfunding.

@TheBreadmonkey The Irrevelry?

I recently learned about discourses trust levels:

blog.discourse.org/…/understanding-discourse-trus…

They’re pretty smart.

Overall, my utopian vision for the fediverse is local servers per interest, with members who willingly participate because they value the community, including paying for server costs. These local communities then moderate according to their rules and servers block each other based on preferences.

In that utopian model, spam is not an issue, because the members are locally known, you don’t even really get in without some kind of invite or knowing someone.

I would be against some overarching court that has the potential to make decisions I disagree with. The freedom of the internet is precisely in not being governed by something like that. Including communities around “wrong opinions” and “disgusting content”.

CLOSE THE DOOR we’re hot boxing the place

If I feel I've been overcharged for a pint, I keep the glass. Afterall, it's part of the purchased product. Pubs should display their pricing on taps clearly.

It reminds me a little of the old internet. I like how relatively small it feels, and that people post content for the sake of the content, not to promote themselves. I haven’t found my usual corners yet, the ones I used to hang out in on older platforms, but I figure that’s just a matter of time. I’m not super nostalgic for the old internet or anything, but it’s nice to find at least a hint of something human-centered somewhere.

I hope it doesn’t fall apart and that it keeps growing.

I was skeptical when I switched to Linux, but then I ditched Windows on my dual boot for good. It was a hugely positive experience, and it really felt like freedom. I’m hoping this will be the same.

And don’t be mad at me if I act totally clueless here sometimes 'cause all that is new to me.

mixed feelings about this little menu Pica has made.

They have a… different… take on politics.

Why not .ml?

How do we recognize evil? How do we know it is wrong to take an ax to the oldest tree in the forest simply because the ax is new and shiny and sharp? Simply because we have hands and muscles and the power to cut it down? You can burn the libraries. You can cut down the tree. Does have this power mean that you must use it?

I think getting hung up on discussions about legal protections is missing the point.

Something beautiful existed and now it is gone. That is destruction.

Chord switching with a metronome. Choose 2 to 4 chords. Hold each one for a count of 4. Then hold each for a count of 2. Then one beat per chord. Start slow, gradually ramp up the speed. Picking hand can pluck or strum. #guitarpractice #practicemakesprogress #learnguitar

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Would read this person’s comments again.

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All 12 of my reviews are imported. It’s not much, but it’s honest work!

It’s a lot quieter, so feel free to contribute or… it stays quiet :)

Lemmy is only one part of the Fediverse, Mastodon is there as well

look around and enjoy

Interesting idea. Not an instance owner, and not familiar with the finer details of federation, so no idea if it could be done. My initial concerns is that a majority vote won’t work, if you have to wait for the majority of instance mods to vote it’s going to be too slow. Maybe some degree of instance level config helps. For example, if i had my own instance, i would follow ban/delete recommendations from the likes of .world, .dbzer0, but maybe not from .ml without a human reviewing it first. Also need to ensure the ‘court’ does not get flooded.