Comment by Todamont

I see it as a problem of moderation, which is notoriously tricky to do fairly, for any individual, and when you get a roomfull of techno-libertarians together it becomes insurmountable to reach consensus on the process. My takeaway is that federated networks need a federated moderation system, and they will become segmented when the "good" actors essentially ban / disconnect from the "bad" actors or just the uninitiated. So moderation systems maybe need to be centralized to some degree to be effective. I've reached out to the CEO of YCombinator, and the Youth Pastor of YCombinator about this, I'm looking forward to hearing their responses. I've also reached out to the Software Freedom Law Center, the group that oversees the Free Software Support Network of which the Diaspora Foundation is a part of, and I'll be urging them to take action against Diaspora Foundation also. I have just completed a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, letting them know about Diaspora's little CP problem. My buddy from the Wall Street Journal seems interested now too :)