Well, blog or not is something the higherups at @utopian-io need to figure out.

The initiative seems limited in part due to immaturity of other platforms. Some abuse fighters spend time on other platforms such as @onosocial, @scorum, @whaleshares. There have not been much discussion because of the pilot nature of the initiative.

I do share similar sentiments about the whitelist.

As for open source projects in anti-abuse initiatives, there are some I know of. One of such is the @steemflagrewards bot. A simple utility would be an issuer of SMT using it as means to mitigate abuse within that token's sphere. This would be done through rewards to community moderation.

Could that have utilities in other crypto social platforms? It's not impossible.

I want to add that the project seeks to educate others about what abuse looks like in a given setting. It's one thing to know what phishing is versus what it looks like on the Steem Blockchain, etc. The same applies to other types of abuse. Add in other similar blockchains in the mix and we would have much more to talk about.