> But it’s not just how many users Bluesky has, it’s which users: Bluesky is now the home of the posting “middle class,” the really interesting people in specialized fields who talk about their work to others in their field, and to a general audience. This includes writers, journalists, scientists, comedians, actors and other creatives and professionals who give a site its jolt of life.
> Ah yup. Mass moderation, aka silencing dissenting voices.
Bluesky moderation is primarily based around labeling and blocklists; that is, people _choosing_ to either be warned of content, or simply not see it. For instance, I use a moderation service which places a label on any posts from users which use AI imagery (because it’s a bad sign; most such users are some form of scam), and subscribe to a blocklist which outright blocks transphobes (because life is too short to listen to their one joke that they’ve been making for the past 25 years). This is all consensual. But, like, if you _want_ to see this stuff, just… don’t use the third-party moderation tools.
How long will it take for people to see that they were victims of deep government censorship and that X has opened the door to the truth? Blue sky is full of censorship. Hackernews too?
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