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perishthethought@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Hi @carlnewton@feddit.uk , I really love this idea and really appreciate you taking on this big task.

I can see it replacing the stand-alone web site I run now for a local group, but I have a couple of questions before I go install the app and try it out.

Do you have a list of existing instances somewhere? I looked around in your github and blog site, and could not find that.
How do you keep the content that gets posted to stick to the local topic? I.e., if I set up a site for my city, what’s to stop someone from spamming posts about the big city nearby? Or a big city plumber from advertising their services?
How do admins deal with spam / negative content getting posted? Once a site takes off, this is a real problem, I hope you’re thinking about how to solve.

Again, thanks.

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carlnewton@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Hello!

Existing instances: www.irthlingborough.net - despite the fact that I’ve been working on this for two years, you are amongst the first people to ever see a proper release. Before now, it would’ve been a challenging task for anyone else to install an instance. So I believe the only instance is that of my home town.

Users can only post locations within the proximity of their own habitat. The marker can only be placed inside of a circle determined by the admin. Additionally, you can create a registration challenge that relies on local knowledge for someone to sign up.

I’ve built in moderation tools to make banning, freezing accounts, promoting moderators, blocking email addresses etc. The idea is that communities will be small and manageable by small teams as a result.
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