🦣 Herds that roam apart still come down to the same waterhole to keep watch together.
Introducing Waterhole: an open-source collaborative moderation tool built specifically for Mastodon instances that manually review and approve signups.
As Fediverse communities grow or spam waves hit, registration queues can quickly become overwhelming. Waterhole gives your moderation team a shared, real-time workspace to review applicants efficiently without compromising server autonomy or applicant privacy.
✨ Key Features:
• 📋 Shared Queues: Pending registration requests mirror directly into Waterhole. Claim requests, filter them by risk, and coordinate review status in real time.
• 💬 Team Discussion: Leave internal notes and discuss applicants collaboratively before deciding.
• 🔍 Proactive Signals: Automated checks highlight known throwaway email providers, datacenter IPs, Tor exits, templated join reasons, and burst signup patterns.
• 🛡️ Collective Defense: Opt-in cross-instance alerts notify you when the same spammer or bot pattern is prowling around multiple herds. Sharing only behavioral tracks and signals, never private applicant details.
• 🔒 Full Server Autonomy: Approvals and rejections are dispatched directly back to your instance via your Mastodon Admin API. No automated bans or AI decisions. You always keep complete control over who joins your community.
Waterhole is 100% free software under AGPLv3.
🔗 Connect your Mastodon instance to our Waterhole:
https://waterhole.toot.io/about
💻 Explore the source code, documentation, contribute, or self-host:
https://github.com/tootio/waterhole
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