Screenshot from The Simpsons of scientists in Hazmat suits entering Moe's Tavern and saying "Man alive, there are men alive in here."
Everyone who briefly tried Bluesky a year ago and just came back for the first time:
09.11.2024 21:44 — 👍 4770 🔁 736 💬 67 📌 64
A Probably Incomplete List of Bluesky User Safety Mechanisms
Protecting your posts
• disabling replies on your posts
• limiting replies on your posts to people you follow, mention, or include in specific lists
• disabling quote posting on your posts
• detaching your post from someone else's quote
• changing the above interaction settings even after a post is sent hiding replies to your posts for yourself or for everyone
• self-labeling your media for adult or graphic content to protect other users
• limiting account visibility only to logged in users
• note: this is not 100% enforceable but all major bluesky clients and apps support it
Limiting your interaction
• blocking users from seeing or interacting with your posts
• if you block after an interaction, they vaporize
• if they've replied already, the entire thread below their reply is cauterized for everyone, floating in space detached from your post
• note: your blocks are publicly visible via 3rd party apps
• muting users to remove them from your notis and feeds, and hide them in replies
• note: your mutes are private
• muting or blocking entire moderation lists of users
• note: inclusion in a list is public via third party apps. muting a list is private, blocks via a list are public
• subscribing to other people's mod lists
• note: your subscription is private, muting & blocking work the same
• subscribing to labelers (moderation services) from bluesky or third parties
o decide whether to show, warn, or hide posts that have been labeled in each category
• report content that should be labeled to bluesky and/or third parties labelers
one of the reasons bluesky works differently is because early users waged a successful fight to get the devs to prioritize safety features to protect communities at risk
as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media
here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed
10.11.2024 19:42 — 👍 10712 🔁 4227 💬 545 📌 232
BlueSky trolling Twitter *on* Twitter is fantastic.
10.11.2024 01:17 — 👍 2847 🔁 487 💬 35 📌 15
I think there may be some real drawbacks turning “the media” into “whoever among you can get the most attention at any given moment.”
08.11.2024 15:08 — 👍 3574 🔁 226 💬 57 📌 5
i guess im on bluesky now
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