Balaji’s Network School expands Farcaster moderation rules
- Network School is reshaping Farcaster’s moderation approach around its vision for a more tightly governed social network.
- The changes follow Network School’s acquisition of Farcaster, the decentralised social media protocol.
- The approach raises questions about content controls, user autonomy and how decentralised platforms balance openness with community standards.
Network School is acquiring Farcaster and has begun removing repeat offenders from its reference client to reshape content moderation.
The team says it used human reviewers and artificial intelligence to analyse millions of posts, with an appeals process for moderated users.
“we seek to intentionally build the first Singapore of social media,” Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan said in a statement.
The moderation policy targets repeated abusive behaviour, while allowing users to appeal decisions they believe were unfair.
Network School plans to publish a written “Network Code” outlining acceptable and unacceptable behaviour, including examples to guide AI moderation.
The initiative also introduces wallet-based voting, with the announcement reporting 92.9% support for Network School’s Farcaster client at publication.
Farcaster’s protocol and client remain open, allowing developers to build alternatives, although Network School restricts the use of related names for coins and commercial projects.
The announcement marks a shift towards more structured moderation and community-led governance within Farcaster’s social media ecosystem.