I don't typically single out bad accounts, but this "science girl" was notorious on twitter for never crediting content, often with erroneous caption, and blocking people who point out the errors. Even if you're not using my block list, please don't let this account take off. - ThreadSky

franzanth.bsky.social • 113 days ago

I don't typically single out bad accounts, but this "science girl" was notorious on twitter for never crediting content, often with erroneous caption, and blocking people who point out the errors.

Even if you're not using my block list, please don't let this account take off.

Reposted from Colin Purrington

@franzanth.bsky.social Could you please add @gunsnrosesgirl3.bsky.social to Content Scrapers if it’s not already there?

Comments

cageyratfish.bsky.social•113 days ago

"rainmaker1973" and "volcaholic1" are two more trying to come over here

sockynoob.bsky.social•113 days ago

I recognize the first one I think

cageyratfish.bsky.social•112 days ago

she was huge on twitter.

franzanth.bsky.social•113 days ago

there's been discussions in my DMs about volcaholic because the poster seems genuinely interested in spreading news and it has some urgency. people are trying to influence them to behave better first and see if that fails.

rainmaker, however, is block on sight.

physgal.bsky.social•107 days ago

👩🏻‍🔬

darkellysio.bsky.social•112 days ago

Isn’t it possible to report it ?

missplaced.bsky.social•113 days ago

Agreed

rebeccarhelm.bsky.social•113 days ago

cosign this

crawlieswithcri.bsky.social•111 days ago

UGH HATE THAT FECKIN ACCOUNT

ikei.bsky.social•113 days ago

She blocked me after I very politely requested to not repost videos where wild animals are abused for likes or to at least put a disclaimer. I think that if you really want to teach people about nature, you're missing the mark by showing these vids. It's safe to say she wasn't open to feedback.

wicked-lizzie.bsky.social•107 days ago

Is that your list? It's fabulous, thank you! 😊

daverino.bsky.social•112 days ago

Seems to have disappeared

faemaybe.bsky.social•111 days ago

Thanks for making this block list

kaiperius.bsky.social•112 days ago

She would also make some patently inaccurate claims, which I, a non-science person, could recognize as incorrect. And she would ignore it when this was pointed out. I stopped following her on Twitter ages ago.

faewildin.bsky.social•113 days ago

Hey, where's this list at?

franzanth.bsky.social•112 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bfjoqzne3tm5yxvpybdfahzo/lists/3jzmevbfqkj2u

sockynoob.bsky.social•113 days ago

I fucking hated that account because of that. They'd post interesting stuff but never credit it. I'd have to search myself. And sometimes they copy and pasted from other accounts......

buonsleep.bsky.social•112 days ago

The account also post non-science related viral interaction bait, promote OF bots and ai slop just to add to the list

stellerarts.bsky.social•113 days ago

Thank you. I hate these accounts and am always happy to see everyone come together here to collectively block.

greyauk.bsky.social•111 days ago

use of fake AI nature content too

thebronzedragon.bsky.social•113 days ago

Not to mention the stuff thats just wrong and AI muck.

krose59.bsky.social•107 days ago

📌

stressdriven.bsky.social•113 days ago

Ok, I understand the issue with content scrapers that don't attribute the source. But there's a great utility for relevant content aggregators that do reference the source. Anyone have recommendations?

nogbad666.bsky.social•107 days ago

All the videos I've seen posted by this account on Xitter always credit the source at the bottom. Must be some confusion somewhere.

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

that was after they got called out by a bajillion photographers & scientists over several MONTHS. and even after then, the misinformation in their caption continued

cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social•112 days ago

I'll never forget that "vampire squid" video

mariecalaisart.bsky.social•113 days ago

Great work 🎉🎉🎉. Thank you all so much for keeping these garbage accounts out.

vanessasarges.bsky.social•113 days ago

That's an extensive list you've compiled. I subscribed. I've been blocking a lot of accounts lately.

aimeecozza.com•107 days ago

Muted by "content scrapers" list lol but now blocked personally by me. Thanks for the heads up

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

thanks for blocking lol

aimeecozza.com•107 days ago

How does this account have like 7k follows already??? Skyfollower bridge maybe?

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

no idea, and maybe posting one thing every hour or so

viraldonutz.bsky.social•113 days ago

I saw this account on Twitter with just wrong information all the time

normandiecj.bsky.social•113 days ago

I either muted or blocked 'her' a few years ago because some of her (probably nicked) content looked to be clips of animals being mistreated just to provide 'fun' content.

d8nnii.bsky.social•107 days ago

Thanks, I’m sold. Don’t knew this when I was in that shitty site. Now I won’t patronise its posts.

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

yeah they made sure nobody knew by blocking anyone who pointed out what they did wrong

punkrockscience.bsky.social•112 days ago

Bless you and your block list. I clicked through to the account, and you’d already taken out the trash for me. 🤘

hormiga.bsky.social•112 days ago

Oh yes please y’all block this person who is a parasite on science twitter and should not find a home here

nattstycke.bsky.social•107 days ago

It was all a hoax to amass followers. It was obvious to me then, even more obvious now. It's either a bot account or some dude farming likes from Jakarta. People constantly lie on the internet.

david614.bsky.social•107 days ago

Please share your block list. New here, but want to get up the “blocking” curve as fast as possible.

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/franzanth.bsky.social/post/3ladmgli35l23

bresnanteddy.bsky.social•113 days ago

I can already she's a quality individual by the 200:1 ratio.

tinylongwing.bsky.social•113 days ago

This account stole art from me by stealing it from another scraper account on instagram and claiming no fault that the IG account hadn't sourced it for them. Such bullshit.

franzanth.bsky.social•113 days ago

fuckin hell now it's personal

lucidillusions.in•113 days ago

O.o dafaak

🤬🤬

arminreindl.bsky.social•113 days ago

I suppose it was only a matter of time till the content scrappers made the move too, tho I won't lie it feels bizarre to see the same content farm 1:1 translated onto here

lucidillusions.in•113 days ago

It's been a thing for a while, scrapers and scammers keep trying to go where they can try to steal from

anjajessen.bsky.social•113 days ago

Today is an excellent day to report, mute and block. My trigger fingers are positively itchy …

ranmasaotomes.bsky.social•112 days ago

Your block list is working. I can’t find this account.

bikeengineer.bsky.social•113 days ago

Where can I find this block list?

franzanth.bsky.social•112 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bfjoqzne3tm5yxvpybdfahzo/lists/3jzmevbfqkj2u

hmeiram.bsky.social•112 days ago

Why sarah andersen?

franzanth.bsky.social•112 days ago

impostor account. the real sarah confirmed this on twitter

hmeiram.bsky.social•112 days ago

I hadn't noticed. Thanks.

jannosuke.bsky.social•112 days ago

Glad the content scraper got them, never liked their tweets back in the hellscape

coastalpaleo.bsky.social•113 days ago

Phew, I was already subscribed to your list and blocked 🫡

ethanpfreedman.com•113 days ago

That content also usually not science

kellybrenner.bsky.social•113 days ago

yeah I had a bad time with this account back on twitter and still tons of mutuals followed it then.

gettoknownature.bsky.social•113 days ago

Ugh yes, I recognize this one.

franzanth.bsky.social•113 days ago

one of the biggest active scrapers back when i left twitter iirc

allikuja.army.social•107 days ago

📌

gabriellehecht.bsky.social•113 days ago

I went straight to the account but it turns out one of my block lists had already taken care of it, so she's definitely on at least one of them. FWIW.

This is definitely the time to closely curate who enters this space. We need to keep haters and unethicals out.

sockynoob.bsky.social•113 days ago

Probably Franz's content scraper bot

kabirkumar.bsky.social•107 days ago

How do we use block lists?

gabriellehecht.bsky.social•107 days ago

You just need to follow them. Here’s a good start

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bfjoqzne3tm5yxvpybdfahzo/lists/3jzmevbfqkj2u

paulasmith.bsky.social•113 days ago

Thanks so much for your block list. It’s so brilliant!

franzanth.bsky.social•113 days ago

I get people wanting to support women in science, but even "her" pfp was taken from a stock site so who knows who this person really is https://www.pexels.com/photo/beautiful-girl-selfie-women-892221/

alaskanime.bsky.social•113 days ago

Oh, WHAT

franzanth.bsky.social•112 days ago

for people who can't find the blocklist https://bsky.app/profile/franzanth.bsky.social/lists/3jzmevbfqkj2u

thesunglasskid.bsky.social•112 days ago

Where does this put George Takei?

abrambroom.bsky.social•112 days ago

How can I block the whole list at once? I'm on my phone.

lunarexo.bsky.social•112 days ago

open the list --> hit subscribe --> block accounts

mommadci.bsky.social•111 days ago

Thank you for this!

gaboshadowbane.bsky.social•112 days ago

how do i block the whole list at once? do i gotta go account by account?

lunarexo.bsky.social•112 days ago

open the list --> hit subscribe --> block list

gaboshadowbane.bsky.social•112 days ago

aah! ok! thank you so much!

lunarexo.bsky.social•112 days ago

sorry, "block accounts".

apadonovan.bsky.social•107 days ago

Thank you for putting this together, super valuable as it can be difficult to tell sometimes (not that often)!

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

no worries, and I agree. as someone who curates this list sometimes I have to scroll pretty far down to notice a pattern/sudden shift in pattern, indicating their images came from different sources

apadonovan.bsky.social•107 days ago

It's really tough... thanks for doing the hard work for all of us!

roberthove.bsky.social•97 days ago

Thanks!!

kabirkumar.bsky.social•107 days ago

How to use it to block all of them?

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

click subscribe, then you'll have the option to mute or block them all

kabirkumar.bsky.social•107 days ago

Sweet, thank you!

eutoumcaco.bsky.social•112 days ago

📌

cryptidlovemail.bsky.social•112 days ago

📌

david614.bsky.social•107 days ago

Thank you.

tetisu.bsky.social•112 days ago

📌

harvleo.bsky.social•111 days ago

📌

8was4.bsky.social•104 days ago

📌

akatsuki4chan.bsky.social•112 days ago

The block lists is singlehandedly the best feature of bluesky by far

cabernet.bsky.social•107 days ago

Naïve question... if i hit 'subscribe' does it block?

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

it gives you two options: mute and block. the nice thing about this if someone proves me wrong and I remove an account from that list, it should unblock that account for you too

cabernet.bsky.social•107 days ago

Awesome! ☕

rockymtnmom.bsky.social•107 days ago

📌

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

told you all this account was going to be a problem

crawlieswithcri.bsky.social•107 days ago

Damn it.

nurse-nomad.bsky.social•107 days ago

Just searched for it, to block - "account has been suspended". :-D

kellybrenner.bsky.social•107 days ago

so vile

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

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lakeshowsheri.bsky.social•107 days ago

Thank you for this one!

hhvr.bsky.social•107 days ago

📌

nightworldlove.bsky.social•107 days ago

Could I be added to the Nature Photographers one? 🥺

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

that's not mine unfortunately, you'll have to talk to @gettoknownature.bsky.social !

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euanritchie.bsky.social•105 days ago

These packs are all great, thank you!

canuckfan16.bsky.social•106 days ago

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katiecompa.com•104 days ago

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byronhurley.bsky.social•107 days ago

Can I be on the nature photographers with alt text list?

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

it's not my list unfortunately, you'll have to talk to @gettoknownature.bsky.social for that! lovely bird though :)

geoshanz.bsky.social•106 days ago

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penelopemingus.bsky.social•107 days ago

Thank you for this, everyone who put it together & posted

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carlyschuster.bsky.social•106 days ago

Please add me too! Graphic ethnography 🙂

franzanth.bsky.social•107 days ago

alright we can all chill for a bit, that account is gone

moozywumpa.bsky.social•106 days ago

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javanaise.bsky.social•112 days ago

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clairecopperman.bsky.social•112 days ago

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tangibullah.bsky.social•113 days ago

I've blocked my first account on BS!

jwomack.bsky.social•112 days ago

Aaaand blocked.

joshuachase.mothwin.com•113 days ago

They've used AI imagery as well, not just scraping the work of others without credit.

franzanth.bsky.social•113 days ago

oh we blocked each other on twitter before AI became a thing so i never knew that bit

joshuachase.mothwin.com•113 days ago

Yep, I figured that was the case, you got out at a good time tbh

figmentpudding.com•112 days ago

Oh gross, not her

skullhornets.bsky.social•113 days ago

dude i do not want this place to turn into facebook oh my god why are these freaks already here, whats next rainmaker1973 too? or maybe glazing elon and amking money from fucking twitter subscriptions prevents him from making the rounds here

clairecopperman.bsky.social•112 days ago

YES! When "she" started out, she posted genuine science, with links to articles, videos etc. But once Elmo introduced the paid-for blue ticks the account morphed into the worst kind of content scraping. Thanks for the tip - an instablock from me.