TheBadSpace/resources/views/front/about.blade.php

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        <h2 id="what">What Is The Bad Space?</h2>
        <p>The Bad Space project was born from a need to effectively identify instances that house bad actors and are poorly moderated, which puts marginalized communities at risk.
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        <p>
          It is an extension of the
          <strong>#fediblock</strong>
          hashtag created by
          <a href="https://www.artistmarciax.com/" target="_new">Artist Marcia X</a>,
          with additional support from
          <a href="https://digital.rooting.garden" target="_new">Ginger</a>,
          to provide a catalog of instances that seek to cause harm and reduce the quality of experience in the fediverse.
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        <p>
          Technical support provided by
          <a href="https://roiskinda.cool/profile.html" target="_new">Ro</a>.
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        <h2 id="how">How Does It Work?</h2>
        <p>The Bad Space is a collaboration of instances committed to actively moderating against racism, sexism, heterosexism, transphobia, ableism, casteism, and religion.</p>

        <p>These instances have permitted The Bad Space to read their respective blocklists to create a composite directory of sites tagged for the behavior above that can be searched and, through a public API, can be integrated into external services.</p>

        <p><strong>Current Sources:</strong></p>
        Mastodon:<br />
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          @if($source->format == 'json')
            <a href="https://{{$source->url}}">{{$source->url}}</a><br />
          @endif
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        Custom CSV:<br />
        @foreach($sources as $source)
          @if($source->format == 'csv')
            <a href="{{$source->url}}">{{$source->url}}</a><br />
          @endif
        @endforeach

        <h2>How Do I Use It?</h2>
        <p>
          The Bad Space is meant to be a resource for anyone looking to improve the quality of their online experience by creating a tool that catalogs sources for harassment and abuse. There are several options for how it can be used.
        <h3>Search</h3>
        To see if an instance is listed in the database, use the
        <a href="/">search feature</a>
        to search for its URL. If it is in the database, information for that instance will be returned and include associated instances, if applicable.
        <h3>CSV Exports</h3>
        For a list of the current instances being tracked, click on one of the links below to download a dynamically generated CSV file that can be consumed as a blocklist. More formats will be added over time.
        <br /><br />
        <a href="/exports/mastodon">For Mastodon</a>
        <h3>API</h3>
        The Bad Space has a public API that can be used to search the database programatically and return results in the JSON format. The API can be accessed at<br />
        <code>https://thebad.space/api/v1/search</code>
        by posting a JSON object with the following format:
        <code>{"url":"search.url"}</code><br /><br />
        Data from API requests will be returned in the following format:<br />

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        <code>{
        "listingCount":1,
          "locations":
          [
            {
              "url":"search.url",
              "name":"Instance Name",
              "description":"instance description",
              "link":"bad-space-instance-link"
            }
          ]
        }</code>
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