@extends('frame') @section('title', 'The Bad Space|About') @section('main-content') @parent <section> <article> <h2>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. </p> <p> It is an extension of the <strong>#fediblock</strong> hashtag created by <a href="https://www.artistmarciax.com/">Artist Marcia X</a> with additional support from <a href="https://digital.rooting.garden">Ginger</a> to provide a catalog of instances that seek to cause harm and reduce the quality of experience in the fediverse. </p> <p> Technical support provided by <a href="https://roiskinda.cool/profile.html">Ro</a>. </p> <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 a site is listed in the database, use the <a href="/">search feature</a> to search for that URL. If it is in the database, information for that instance will be returned and associated instances if applicable. <h3>CSV Exports</h3> For a list of the current locations 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 /> <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 accsess 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 /> Data from API request will be returned in the follow format:<br /> <pre> <code>{ "listingCount":1, "locations": [ { "url":"search.url", "name":"Instance Name", "description":"instance description", "link":"bad-space-instance-link" } ] }</code> </pre> </p> </article> </section> @endsection