Oh, I got followed by a bunch of those too
And at least half a dozeb "lottery winners" who desperately wanna give folks tens of thousands 👀 🙄
And damn that pissed me off cuz I am surrounded by desperate people
It's completely dysfunctional this whole quest for thousands of followers/fans/friends etc... I only "peruse and pluck" from starter packs and I'm thanking my lucky stars that I approached bluesky with some suspicion and trepidation...
that trepidation was borne of experience & it prevented me from adding 12K people in a single click. Im totally ok just being followed by only the people who might actually read & comprehend me and God-willing respond to a post once in awhile. Ive been popular AND the opposite - both have merit.
I vet everybody.
I only follow back if I'm interested in what the person has to say.
I immediately block and report grifters, new accounts following thousands of people, and people where I really, really don't like their content.
Everybody else is neutral and may follow without me following back.
I look at their replies as well. I repost a lot just to boost important information. But I also comment and interact with people. If I don’t see that mix in their replies, I’ll block them.
Also what’s with not having an actual photo? I *hate* that! It’s rampant here.
With an account your size you'll get a lot more followers than me.
I can still scroll through my notifications and look for new ones to vet, but there will come a time where that's not possible anymore.
I realize this is harder for large accounts, but at least don't autofollow back, OK?
It hurts to see 2k people following an account that posted a single nice dog picture and then immediately switched to sell stolen t-shirt designs.
I maintain that starter packs and block lists are in fact dangerous *unless* you personally know the creator, and even then they remain a little dangerous.
Block lists are definitely dangerous (someone else mentioned the anti trans bait and switch). Starters can be fine and a good time saver finding folks here from there, but you need to do the work of checking account by account.
As I understand it, starter packs are just one time bulk follows. So whilst there could be bad people in the list, you can easily enough unfollow them, or selectively not follow them to start with.
Block lists, on the other hand, are dangerous. They auto update and you can't .....
..... selectively unblock people from them. And there's been cases of them being used maliciously because of those two facts. The one I know of was a TERF who created a seemingly reasonabe list so they could add a load of trans people to it later on ☹️
I wonder if it’s been pulled. It says “server error“. I’m guessing that this is some Red version of Astroturf, but it would help if OP put something simple in their share like “This guy bad! Do not follow!“
Support Ukraine or Georgia; say anything negative about Trump supporters, Tesla, Musk, or his friends; or anything else he disagrees with. “Free Speech for me, not for thee.” - Elon Musk
Oh dear. The revenge porn site was disgusting enough, but down at the bottom: "Since 2017, Brittain has had an ongoing attempt to run as a far right-wing candidate for United States Senator in the state of Arizona.".
And just how does the working class plan to manage a country this size and this powerful with absolutely no experience. Come on. That's just stupidity. Does the working class deserve more? Damn right they do but bungling a country isn't the way to do it.
Being "New to Blue" myself I happen to know that many of the facebook refugees have no idea that they basically just gave themselves over to 12K+ EchoChamber on Day 1. They're not too bright, or they are age-precluded from being tech-savvy, but they're mostly harmless.
The harm is caused by this automated follower-frenzy game designed to put everybody on blast all the time. Most people don't need many followers at all.
I'm tired of this assumption that the only reason I communicate online is to be some kind of celebrity. That was NEVER the goal for me... id have better luck with that IRL anyway. The "internet filter" makes me LESS likeable, actually.
So I ended up just blocking him. The list seemed to have ok profiles. I can always block as necessary. Makes me wonder if the people on his list know that they are now associated with him.
I think you need to repost this w better description. How many will not go to Wiki to read and this guy needs to be BLOCKED ASAP.
Thank you for the heads-up.
Anyone doing these 'you follow me and i follow you and we all follow each other' things is - and I'm sorry if this is you reading this - an idiot. You get no points for having more fake internet friends. You get a feed full of people you don't care about and maybe exploited in some way later, too.
I went to add craigbrittain .com to my blocklist, but found his account had already been blocked by several of the anti-homophobe blocklists I subscribe to, and at least one of the moderation services I use.
Because at the time there were no laws that covered it. And most states have laws on the the books that prohibit people being charged with crimes that were not illegal at the time said crime was committed.
Tankie usually refers to a subset of communists who support the idea of enforcing their ideas through violence or an authoritarian government. Their views tend to bleed together with the far right's more than you might expect.
My point exactly. In 2017, he was seeking office as a far-right extremist, now he’s talking about the “proletariat” vs. the “bourgeoisie” like a red-flag-waving Internationale-humming Commie? Something doesn’t add up.
Very disappointed wiki doesn't share the name of his ill fated rideshare idea. Dryyving (I think that's the correct number of y's and v's) and all the cars would be like Lambos and shit, but it would be worth it and not even that much more expensive bc of reasons.
Craig Brittain⛔
"Is Anybody Down? was a revenge porn website founded by Craig Brittain and Chance Trahan where users could anonymously upload nude photographs along with information identifying the person in the photograph (including full names, addresses, phone numbers, and Facebook screenshots)."
Jesus Christ. Also, how much of a dunce does someone have to be to think their social media account somehow translates to their class? Is the Gumby screenshot account part of the bourgeoisie?
I saw the account two minutes ago marked suspended. I clicked on the three dots, opened the tabs and clicked block. IDK what else to tell ya, except maybe you belong to a list that already blocked him.
It's absolutely wild seeing some brand new account follow me and when I click through that profile, I see a 3 day old account with zero interaction, only a few image posts/re-posts, and 27.4k following and 17.1k followers.
NB just for posterity: @skysentry.bsky.social is a different person who took over the blocklists run by @numb.comfortab.ly after Seth Abramson decided to dox and harass Numb for adding him to the BlueAnon list. I vetted the one list of Numb's I was subscribing to (the right-wingers list)--
--back when I subscribed and arrived at the conclusion I could trust Numb's judgment; I have not yet had time to redo a vetting run under the new management to evaluate the new owner's judgment and am relying on the transitive property of "Numb picked them out to take over the thing".
I followed the list as soon as I saw it transferred over — the Blueanon block made the skyline so clean. I miss those halcyon days in the summer of 2023.
I wouldn't really be concerned about who follows you (because the idea of posting anything online assumes that ANYONE can access it). Being New to Blue myself I happen to know that many of the facebook refugees have no idea that they basically just gave themselves over to 12K+ EchoChamber on day 1
Huh, didn't know who he is, only found out he existed from his account hitting the top of the 24h blocked chart. Already been scrubbed from my view by the excellent reactive blocklists.
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Added him to my Dicks block list.
https://www.instagram.com/brittainforsenate/
Thanks for the heads up.
https://bsky.app/profile/craigbrittain.com
The gardening around here can be quite lovely.
I've never hit the block button so fast.
And at least half a dozeb "lottery winners" who desperately wanna give folks tens of thousands 👀 🙄
And damn that pissed me off cuz I am surrounded by desperate people
I only follow back if I'm interested in what the person has to say.
I immediately block and report grifters, new accounts following thousands of people, and people where I really, really don't like their content.
Everybody else is neutral and may follow without me following back.
I look at their replies as well. I repost a lot just to boost important information. But I also comment and interact with people. If I don’t see that mix in their replies, I’ll block them.
Also what’s with not having an actual photo? I *hate* that! It’s rampant here.
I'm way more careful if there's no av.
I’ve spent 5 hours vetting followers today. SO time consuming! And depressing.
I can still scroll through my notifications and look for new ones to vet, but there will come a time where that's not possible anymore.
It hurts to see 2k people following an account that posted a single nice dog picture and then immediately switched to sell stolen t-shirt designs.
Thank you.
Blocked.
Settings > Moderation > Moderation Lists > +New
Add users, and *subscribe to your own list*!
Then, people can find your list in the ‘Lists’ tab on your profile.
And to block, you just ‘Add to list’!
Block lists, on the other hand, are dangerous. They auto update and you can't .....
thank you sir
This guy Brittain needs to run off our site IMMEDIATELY. He created a REVENGE PORN website.
GET HIM OFF HERE.
Folks, am I doing this right? Do I need to spell out the entire SUPPORT address?? He's still on here. How do we report him?
Thank you for the heads-up.
Evidently, I said something right.
The "Suspended" is because he's using a screencap of X/Twitter's Suspension message as his Bsky profilie banner image.
If that account were suspended here on Bsky, the profile wouldn't show at all. Just suspended text.
Takes off clothes.
*clothes turn transparent"
https://bsky.app/profile/wolmanj.bsky.social/post/3lcgt5h5lk22t
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6zwxrra56bxyiqkgbdol3wxb/lists/3lcgh256bdm2y
These psychopaths just keep coming outta the woodwork
Feeling pretty good rn, ngl
While I was blocking him, I took the opportunity to report some disinformation he's trying to spread *about Bluesky*.
That might've been a first in category for me. 😄
"Is Anybody Down? was a revenge porn website founded by Craig Brittain and Chance Trahan where users could anonymously upload nude photographs along with information identifying the person in the photograph (including full names, addresses, phone numbers, and Facebook screenshots)."
@craigbrittain.com
Is there a blocklist for these type accounts?