# Oliphant.Social Shared Blocklist Files

New and improved thanks to the excellent [Fediblockhole](https://github.com/eigenmagic/fediblockhole).

For more information, please check out some blog entries:

* [Blocklists](https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/blocklists)  
Several thousand words about blocklists and defederation.
* [The Blocklist Algorithm](https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/the-blocklist-algorithm)  
How the various lists were built, and the algorithms behind Min, Max, and Tier 0-3.
* [How to Sync Up Blocklist Changes From Trusted Sources](https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/how-to-sync-up-blocklist-changes-from-trusted-sources)  
How to create your own blocklists, and push updates from trusted sources to your own Masto server.