The Funkwhale music platform is alive and in active development, and they’re working on a feature to filter far-right artists off the network. Some Fediverse self-hosters are divided on letting a third party decide what should be allowed in their library.

  • @StovetopEnglish
    8•7 hours ago

    Just ban country music and you’ve covered like 80% of it.

    • Skua
      11•7 hours ago

      As a fan of the odd bit of black metal, I would appreciate the 20% being dealt with

      • @[email protected]English
        2•3 hours ago

        At least most nsbm sucks and/or have names like “ss wehrwulf division 1488” so it’s usually really easy to avoid.

        Still, be great to have another tool to filter bands.

        Edit: looks like it’s going to be based on musicbrainz metadata, checked Burzum because Vikernes is a Nazi and Peste Noir, neither of which have an nsbm tag, nor do Grand Belial’s Key or an actual band called Wehrwolf, probably because of how niche black metal is.

        I’ve personally used this list as a place to start, not perfect but it’s something. Metallum lyrical content helps as well.

        • @[email protected]English
          3•3 hours ago

          But there is a load of really dodge black metal that is much more cryptic, not being blatant but made by Nazis like Deathspell Omega, Mgla, Drudkh and Winterfyllth. I’ve been in the scene a long time and been fooled by some of these.

          • @[email protected]English
            1•2 hours ago

            Oh for sure, there’s exceptions to the rule, I’ve been fooled too. Peste Noir, Drudkh, Deathspell Omega, Burzum all end up on essentials lists, definitely contributes.