Bluesky is proving well up to the task of providing helpful & informative Syria coverage. Some amazing footage around. Verification etc can only make things better moving forward.
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The IT bods and management at LBC not up to the job of getting presenters' Bluesky accounts verified then? Don't sit there waiting for it to happen. Tell them. The mechanism is in place. They need to use it.
What is up with the opposite info I’ve seen online about Assad? That either his plane was downed and he’s likely dead or he has safely arrived in Russia?
It looks like Iran and Iraq , both of which the west and its governments and journalists completely misjudged….. as with Afghanistan later on.
More chaos incoming….. oh and I don’t believe that the Russians knew nothing of the build up of this issue
See how long any of it lasts before they start controlling what’s viewable and who gets shadow banned, “the good old days” like everyone is saying….. SMH
Still some MAGA trolls, when I see them on my list or the general, I block them immediately. We need to tighten the screws on Elmo even more so than he did to many of us here on #bluesky! ⛔⛔⛔The Muskrat! Don't buy Tesla's
Agreed and it is not being limited specifically to MSM talking points either. I’ve seen opinions and views pop up in my feed that would have been suppressed elsewhere.
Agree they are doing a pretty solid job here. Verification is possible for your handle if you have your own domain name.
The IT bods and therefore management of assorted media companies are being shown up to be a bit sh1t when it comes to Bluesky verification. I'm not sure what it is these daft c-units are scared of. It's as hard as programming a VCR. Anyone have a spare eight-year-old who can sort it out for them?
I don't think it's the difficulty. It took me all of ten minutes including finding and reading the instructions. It's probably that they are used to someone from "the authorities" who is in charge doing the verification.
There’s domain verification. If they can’t have their tech guy add a TXT record to their DNS registry, they’re probably not a trustworthy “media” platform.
He would retain control of the account. Global (LBC) would just take his verification DNS record away and he would show as "invalid handle" until registering a new username.
I more meant for lbc clearing text records etc. I’m aware of how it works, but I’m also aware of how big companies like that work with regards to IT. The changeover isn’t as simple as changing his handle.
Make this make sense “what Israel wanted was stability. It wanted Bashar al-Assad to remain in power. That was despite the fact that Assad was backed by Hezbollah at the time, and Hezbollah and Iran are two of Israel's greatest enemies.” Makes you think Palestine was never about Hezbollah?
You already have adequate verification - you simply link your Bluesky profile to your established web presence. It's a far superior method to prove you are who you say you are than a blue check mark anyone can simply purchase.
Those likely to be impersonated do. If it’s more about validating real humans behind an account then it feels like it’s probably a broader discussion than just whether to stick a verified badge on each page.
I used to set up blogs and Wordpress sites for people. Most would gladly pay me $50 for the five minutes it took to register a domain. A verification system will have to be based on either a physical ID or third party SSO service to actually be used.
Well, yeah. I like the idea of an ID based check because a site full of real people with real names sounds great, but it comes with lots of questions. In the meantime, impersonation can be a concern, but I think Bluesky’s current system works ok for that.
Absolutely agree. Bluesky has been amazing for following Syria. The focus on reliable info and community verification is a huge step up. If they keep this up and improve moderation, it could be a real game-changer. Let’s leave X AKA “Sewer Social” for the bigots and morons.
I agree, we have had awesome coverage with no interference and we can like the post instead of clicking on the heart and it doesn't get recorded or shown and we know exactly how many followers we really have. X is a dark place now. Lots of hate and Trump stories. Everyone else, not so great coverage
verification on here is done through domains, you have to update your domain's DNS info, which only you can do. Or get your org to give you a subdomain.
looking forward to some verification ability ive been slagged ont a few lists i should not be on
for example and some democrats are gatekeeping using lists to block and mute too
that needs to be curtailed
imagine mark hamill whom on x , followed many nafo and supported ukraine is on some moderation list that MUTES all fells thats tens a thousands he loses and some of you should u use that moderation or list
Hello. I'm following some pretty useful people, if you take a look at my followers list? @ramijarrah.bsky.social @nedalalamari.bsky.social @qusaynoor.bsky.social
Domain name verification seems perhaps the best solution for that. More people should use it, perhaps some services could offer it for specific use cases
It depends.... The rebellions from the north are ISIS-related groups, trained and heavily armed by Turkey. Already Kurds are beheaded in by rebellions conquered villages in Syrian Kurdish areas. Assad was indeed bad, but the new reality is not much better either. Might be much worse for the Kurds.
Might not be good for Ukraine.
Frees up Russian resources.
Definitely not good for Kurds as the forces from the north are islamist and Turkish backed.
Doesn't help Palestinians as Assad was allied to Hezbollah and that boxes them in .
Israel is not at war with Hamas. Israel is killing Palestinians everywhere it can find them. Hamas are not in power in the west bank and the religious fundamentalists with the backing of the idf are murdering and ethnic cleansing there as well
So yes, it hinders the survival of Palestinians for now
The Russians had air and naval assets in Syria.
They were clearly warned because they are already gone.
That's one.
The other is that it probably finishes the funnelling of resources to wagner group forces in Africa as well
Putin has to distance himself from Assad/Hezbollah/Iran before Trump takes office. Then he will have huge influence in the White House without a single bullet used. Watch him become an Israeli supporter in the new year.
Bsky has verification. Every account here is a website, you get your URL registered as your handle and it gets verified by certificate authorities just like websites do.
I feel like trending topics can be weaponized. I'd rather we leave trending topics and verification as tools of yesteryear since they've been weaponized by the far right.
How have trending topics been weaponized by the far right? I loved the trending topics and was always the first thing I checked when I hit Twitter. The REAL verified accounts on twitter were great. You knew that's who you were really interacting with. Elon basterdising verification on X was NOT same
Look at what is trending on Twitter right now and that pretty much sums it up. If people want to set up their own little plugin to allow that, that is fine, but give me the option to turn that off if I wish. Sometimes I just wanna see what my friends are doing. Not what fresh hell is happening now.
That seems fair. Twitter was great for real time updates on fast happening news stories which was why it was a great journalistic tool. Not so much of late...
Being able to turn it off would be a workable solution for those opposed to it. Weren't you allowed to change that up in the settings, though? I could be wrong, but i thought there were options. Of course, those probably changed when Elon took over...🙄
Bluesky is a paedophiles wet dream from what I've seen. Funny how they suddenly have a problem with paedophilia ever since all the lefties flocked here.
There’s verification already: you can change your handle to match your website domain (and be able to verify you’re the owner of the website).
So if that website is verified/trusted, by extension, your BlueSky account can be too
But for lots of people that would mean using their employer's handle, and that can limit what they're able to say - most employers have some kind of social media policy.
True. But if posting your own personal opinion, then you can use your own account. But if claiming to be reporting on eg Syria in your capacity as a journalist for the Guardian or NYT, then it’s important to use their domain to show your post is reliable
We @cleanuptheinternet.org.uk made a proposal on verification that would improve most platforms. It is now law but still awaiting enforcement by @ofcom.bsky.social
Quickly becoming the go to social media platform for news, similar to how Twitter once started and grew before getting destroyed by the sissy spaceX of the tech world
Sadly..the euphoria will subside to the reality that terrorists groups will now battle to see who will control the country..there will never be true peace in the middle east..baba vanga predicted that a major European war will start in the spring of 2025..putin most likely the instigator.
No thanks. It would really be nice if Bluesky is more like the original twitter, please leave the verifications behind. We've all seen what it does to X and we've all fled from it.
I’ll never get over the fact that Twitter had a perfect system of verification so you could at least attribute a post to a real person. And Elon decided that not knowing if information was real somehow violated free speech 🤔
I texted a friend last night saying I was watching a live steam from inside Sednaya Prison as prisoners were liberated. He got the BBC breaking news notice 45 mins later.
Well James if you dont mind could you tell me what channel you are receiving great coverage.
ThanksM
l almost went into a Twitter Tremor when I needed to ask you, then I remembered I am on friendly blue, so I was able to calm down. That Xx paddock has a lot to answer for!!!
Can't remember the last time I used social media without feeling like I had unequivocally wasted however many minutes of my life, and moved ever closer to my mental heslth collapsing in on itself like a dying star in the shape of an X
I really do hope that X madness with millions of bots and fake accounts, spam does not come here. It's very nice to be in a place where reasonable people who value facts and honesty are majority.
It's getting better but still far behind Twitter. Which is why I haven't fully abandoned Twitter. Just go to check news, occasionally post a question if it appears intelligent people might actually answer. Ukraine people not posting here much yet.
Love this footage of women and children(!) being released from the notorious Sednaya political prison where people are routinely tortured and murdered. People have no idea why they're being released suddenly and you can hear them shouting for joy, praising god, etc. https://bsky.app/profile/nedalalamari.bsky.social/post/3lcrptgi6ps2l
By "helpful and informative," do you mean coverage that accurately describes the "rebels" as Islamist militants and their leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani as former Al-Qaeda? I hope so.
BBC has had some feet on the ground & have been providing some content, some verification.
i haven't been watching mainstream here in the US. just my opinion, but it seems NBC, AP, etc have to wait to be cued.
Like Pavlov's dog.
I haven't deleted X. It isn't in an app shortcut box on my mobile front face now. I have to go and find it. I don't aimlessly click it now, which has much improved my well-being. I've kept it for a few reasons. I check it every few days for notifications+ people like you. On/off in 10 mins tops
Been without power since Friday night l. Just a gas heater and candles and we had to adapt our "putting up the tree" traditions by swapping clementine mulled wine with a sloe gin/prosecco combo and a charcuterie board...
But I'm feeling like you when you go on holiday and all hell breaks loose 😁
Why is it only the accounts with large X follower counts who are concerned about verification? Get yourself a domain. BSky seems pretty good at dealing with account impersonation when it's reported to them.
@sarahjeong.bsky.social was fantastic during the failed South Korea coup d’etat despite admitting to being quite drunk 🥴 . I loved reading her reports as her hangover kicked in.
This platform has been informative during Assad’s fall. Al Jazeera has also been good & shows pressers with diplomats that border Syria from Doh. Lavrov saying nothing is happening last night doing his typically bullish ‘ Comic Ali’ impression and revisionism on the cause of the Ukraine war 🤡
Israel appears to have done Syria a huge favour by taking out Hezbollah. Leader of HTS appears for the moment to be good for Syria and IF he remains true to his word there should be a lot of hope. If you haven’t seen this interview it’s a must see - https://youtu.be/Psg2MYoN1FU?si=WKOZGDJzGW0PwRco
On your current program the cattle feed additive is to reduce methane emissions through burping rather than farting. Ruminants do fart, but they emit far more methane through the front end than the back end.
Most of the information I’ve gotten about Syria, I learned here on Bluesky, and from my husband, who watches streamers reporting it in real time on YouTube. The mainstream isn’t reporting shit.
Surely, but bear in mind they have a small team and their goals for this were pretty different from where they're now being led to go forward. Let us to give them a few weeks to deal with their new situation and work out the bugs!...
I just hope something similar to community notes show up too. The more the platform grow the more bad actors will want to pollute it. Might as well have community driven safeguards in place when the dam breaks open.
Just been watching the celebrations of Assad’s demise in cities all around the world including Manchester and London. One question. Where are the women?
I can only imagine that over on Xitter, they're demanding Syrian refugees be immediately returned, or that the overthrowing of Assad was Nazi wokeness or something.
I assume, basically, "Assad is gone, the homes and lives they left behind are definitely there waiting for them. War is overrated anyway, I'd know because I've never been involved in one"
Nice 1. From Australia 🇦🇺. 34° and wtf Brextwit? Why did they do everything possible to facilitate the passage of the thing. No need for a referendum. It was poison even to Tories att. Cameron, here's a gun. There's your foot, now shoot. And he has the sheer audacity 🙄 to act like ? It didn't happen
Shows up and Labor progressive talk is gone. Blair Witch project will be next. Rehabilitation of the image of war criminals, Bush and co.lost Harris the election. I died a little when I saw her snuggling up to neoconservative types like it's a fucken game. With Trump. He's inept. No threat. Musk?yes
All agencies, I know ASIO have gone go slow and shelter documents for 4 yrs. Even CIA. I think Mossad 🤔 is the source of a lot of Trumps information. Silver linings are everywhere for socialism in the world atm. A lot of assets are getting discouraged with their world. James Bond is a movie.
Real spies have kids. Is someone like Jack Smith is intimidated by Trump? Laughable. These guys are the dreaded deep state. Boring beauricrats who do boring stuff like updating your MDL. Sack government workers means sack half the local DMV=longer waiting=pissed off people 🙄 who finally blame Trump
All trust in any verification process was destroyed by Musk. It now represent elitism in the minds of many.
I for one, don't want to stay on a platform which introduces elitism.
Early on in the rebellion there was plenty of info here, from specialists in the field and local voices, but it was low priority for the old school media.
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More chaos incoming….. oh and I don’t believe that the Russians knew nothing of the build up of this issue
I popped over to the other place & it’s just Blue Ticks claiming Christians have been abandoned to “Islamists”…it is not a trustworthy news source.
It seems it's getting worse and worse there. Wrong is right, up is down. Fucking mental.
Agree they are doing a pretty solid job here. Verification is possible for your handle if you have your own domain name.
Not a huge issue really.
there's only 20 people on the team and they bustin they ass
Not much related is appearing to mine :V
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for example and some democrats are gatekeeping using lists to block and mute too
that needs to be curtailed
It's really 👍
Within minutes of the story breaking EVERYONE - on EVERY social network - had taken a side.
How they can all be so certain ALL the time is breathtaking.
Not a good look for our society.
1. Bluesky domain verification , entity / website level of ownership
2. Identity level performed by community
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ufew2qvdqh65a5igost7paqc
Created by @hunterw.bsky.social
We can keep promoting this behavior for a verified community
And of course @eliothiggins.bsky.social
#Trusted
Love to the family
Sadly, the people of Gaza will suffer the most from this defeat as this formerly great nation is broken into pieces.
Frees up Russian resources.
Definitely not good for Kurds as the forces from the north are islamist and Turkish backed.
Doesn't help Palestinians as Assad was allied to Hezbollah and that boxes them in .
So yes, it hinders the survival of Palestinians for now
They were clearly warned because they are already gone.
That's one.
The other is that it probably finishes the funnelling of resources to wagner group forces in Africa as well
Power brokers do care.
There is more grift in supporting Trump than zelensky
I’ve got a feeling in my water
So if that website is verified/trusted, by extension, your BlueSky account can be too
we can use it as a handle in Bluesky.
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Let's connect and build together guys 🚀
Syria.
That strain between Sunni and Shia needs to heal.
Even the regular media was left scrambling looking for people who could comment…should’ve come here
ThanksM
l almost went into a Twitter Tremor when I needed to ask you, then I remembered I am on friendly blue, so I was able to calm down. That Xx paddock has a lot to answer for!!!
See how mine says @hercles.app? That's the verification
https://bsky.app/profile/nedalalamari.bsky.social/post/3lcrptgi6ps2l
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Mohammad_al-Julani
#Syria #imperialism #AlNusra #AlQaeda
i haven't been watching mainstream here in the US. just my opinion, but it seems NBC, AP, etc have to wait to be cued.
Like Pavlov's dog.
But I'm feeling like you when you go on holiday and all hell breaks loose 😁
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I for one, don't want to stay on a platform which introduces elitism.