I've just been invited in a private group on Matrix with the following:
- clearly underage pornography as a group picture;
- anti trans and homophobic slurs in the title, plus mentions of cat torture pics.
Needless to say, the correct reaction requires these exact steps:
- "what the actual fuck?!";
- "no seriously, what the actual fuck?!";
- ban/federation severance (depending on the platform)
Now, just to be clear, not everyone is an admin or a moderator so the third step may be substituted by a personal block. While this is correct altogether, please remember to open a report / signal the fact to your staff of competence too, to help said staff prevent this kind of shit for other users.
This has happened on Matrix, but could have happened in every other platform of choice.
Please help us help others be safer.
You're not alone here.