2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment: The Human Side of Moderation Moderation isn’t just technical work – it’s human work. It involves emotional labour, judgement calls, and often dealing with the worst content the internet can produce. In last year’s Needs Assessment, 1 in 5 moderators reported burnout. Many told us they…

2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment: How Your Answers Became Action in 2024 Last year, moderators and administrators from across the Fediverse – and beyond – told us what they needed most. We listened, and the results shaped real tools, guidance, and resources. From the 2024 Needs Assessment, IFTAS delivered: CSAM detection…

Every year, IFTAS asks the people who keep our communities safe to tell us what they need.The Fediverse Needs Assessment gathers input from moderators, administrators, and community managers across the decentralised social web and beyond. Whether you run a Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy or Peertube instance, a Nostr relay, a Bluesky…