I am going to say that this impacts my interest in paying for any premium @bsky.app subscriptions. The point was to give them money so they can maintain a decently moderated space.
If it's the community's job to make it safe, I'll give that $ to the community. @safety.bsky.app
If it's the community's job to make it safe, I'll give that $ to the community. @safety.bsky.app
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Just like the Fediverse : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse which uses an open protocol : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub
You can migrate if you need to easier.
One of these things needs to be at the macro level though, and people need to be paid to do it. I would cough up $ if I knew that was on the table. This? Sucks.
We suspected we didn't matter.
Sucks to have it confirmed.
https://bsky.app/profile/safety.bsky.app/post/3ld7e2hrugc2r
But if they're going to make the same mistakes we have seen take down online spaces over & over & over again, it's just pouring money into a pit to be set on fire.
Not surprised.
But mad and disappointed.
Why even bother having a T&S team if that team isn't actually responsible for safety?
that's not explosive growth. that's the same mistake we've watched everyone make over and over again.
It took them a lot longer to write out a screed justifying not banning him than it would've taken to just do the right thing.