I had no idea that this was going on. I expect that, like me, most people are horrified.

On the top of my head, I’d say a trust-level system would be great, both for instances and users. New instances and users start out on a low trust level. Posts and commemts federated by them could be set to require approval or get deranked compared to other posts and comments.

Good thinking, but devil’s advocate here: might make it difficult for new users to post anything. I can imagine a lot of communities would utilise that feature, maybe even the majority.

Great translate feature. Instant.

I generally only use the Android client. But if there’s any similarity, there’s no way to stop them spamming you with their shorts.

YouTube be like

It’s an online community that people have been using for decades. The fact that many of us can’t use it anymore is a real issue, even if it isn’t relevant to you (believe it or not).