the fediverse allows defederation, and i’m wondering if there’s a way that users can block content despite a collective persistence of it.
if user A circulates cat pictures, user B circulates dog pictures, and user C circulates both, can user A block dog pictures from B and C, but still see user C’s cat pictures? at that point it’d be up to the users/collectives to provide insight as to what addresses deal in unsavory content and helm each other block/filter, which comes back around like defederation.
that doesn’t guarantee creeps won’t circulate creep content. but i think the solution lies in community action anyway, both in helping prevent people from seeing things they wish they didn’t, and in apprehending offenders.
mine is not a super educated take, but it seems like it should be possible – i’m hoping smarter nerds than i could answer!
that’s what i figured. i guess what i wondered is if users are able to revoke their willingness to (potentially) store something unsavory post facto and/or if the content link was shared to block prescriptively.
if i only wanted dog pictures on my computer and blocked any cat picture content i came across (for example), could that block all future attempts to store a portion of any content i chose to block, as long as the key/hash matched?
hypothetically, that aproach could narrow it down to where if virtually all people chose to block a file, it might stop circulating and only exist on a single person’s hard drive. i realize, though, that it wouldn’t take much to alter a file slightly and alter its hash therein