Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: https://bsky.app/profile/contentscrapers.bsky.social/lists/3lbqvvdsz7p2y
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
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Care to comment? @franzanth.bsky.social
@hankgreen.bsky.social
Note that:
- it was a time when anon accounts like that were highly likely to be follow 4 follow engagement bait
- they can change their ways over time, and I'm happy to rereview
Nothing is stopping you from doing it either.
It’s a bit more technically complicated, but it’s part of the layered moderation philosophy of BSky.
https://docs.bsky.app/blog/blueskys-moderation-architecture
Turning lists into Labelers has a non-negligible infrastructure cost (in aggregate). The infrastructure cost of lists is borne by BSky; the cost of Labelers is paid by the Labeler.
(I'm still chuckling at the simple but awesome "no")
Tips are fine. Shoulds are tew much.
You don’t have to look at every account on a blocklist! Many are very large! But vetting for yourself what is being blocked and who made the list before using it IS smart.
Bad actors can abuse this easily.
But blocking outright is fine, too, if someone prefers that.
The problem is that the internet, social media in particular, is more of a “wit-ocracy” than legitimate conversation, so people overvalue pithy and undervalue nuance.
It was getting tedious
Thank you!
I follow that cock for a reason
One concern is that I block a fake account (hypothetically, https://petebuttigieg.bsky.social) and this account would later be deleted by moderators and replaced by a real account that I want to follow. Not sure how to address this.
Would be fixed if they have a custom domain, but not otherwise.
The animal meme accounts are eh as long as its not abuse or AI generated.
@franzanth.bsky.social
is the one who needs to be blocked
He is SUS
when I went to his account for the 1st time
he had already pre-blocked me
If anyone can reach Hank-this is a very irresponsible
defamatory damaging post
Very upset
seems like MAGA revenge trolling
I can't imagine how much of a hassle it must be, to be a reliable source of information, but it is greatly appreciated.
And if that sounds sarcastic: it's not.
🙏
Also thank you to the good folks at Bluesky for creating such a useful feature.
Content scraping takes that post and claims it as their own. This is what's known as a "Dick move."
Some of these do it to quickly get thousands of followers, then they sell their account to anyone interested.
What I tell my FB page friends, if you don't want your creations spread without them getting credit, put a signature or watermark on it where it can't be cropped out.
I was never really on tw***** and don’t want to be labeled as such but I do repost a lot of stuff and don’t always have a witty remark or something to add. Sometimes I just want other people to see it.
(That way you could find OP if you wanted to follow them too)
Question: When you add more to the list as you stated above, does it automatically block them on my end if I have subscribed to it, or do I need to unsubscribe/subscribe again periodically?
Blocking successfully eliminates all of the junk, bad habits, algo manipulation, dark psychology, trolls and bots, that have accumulated over the years.
Now there is a consequence for that.
Awesome!
https://Amazingfacts.bsky.social
This block list must be reported
Its B A D
The author Franz had already blocked me
WHY?
How can we reach that account promoting this list?
Thanks @franzanth.bsky.social for creating!
@kamalladreams.bsky.social is on there
WHY?
a lot of cat, dog, animal & science & nature accounts on there
Great way to knock out your competitors & helpful democracy accounts
I'm going to talk to Sir Turd of Squirrel about this
He does the MAGA block lists
when I went to that list
@franzanth.bsky.social
the creator of that list had already
blocked me--for what?
I believe I am on a block list
SUSPICIOUS!
Proceed with CAUTION!
ENGAGE WITH THAT LIST only after vetting it
yourself
please look to see if I am on that list🙏
it's just the ones who wish to monetize off of it
The problem arises when photographs or artwork are shared without at least crediting the original artists.
Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate this work, but I worry when I don't know what gets blocked.
What does “Report by DM” mean?
Another reason to avoid them is that often their intent is to build up a big following so they can sell the account to scammers or some other unsavory endeavor.
Frankly, I'd argue they're clearly "bad" unless they always get explicit permission to share from the original creators and link to them whenever possible.
It's just convenient that someone put them all together
You using the list to independently block people is fine
It is also pretty convenient because they are all together in one place so you don't have to look for them or run into them organically
What list: Viewing a blocked account tells you which block list is blocking them. You can also access all block lists you are subscribed to under moderation, and when you unsubscribe you immediately unblock all members of the list.
Um … yes, there is. All of that information is accessible.
https://clearsky.app
I just subscribe to lists using the mute option but I'm going to try their way soon
https://bsky.app/profile/arttheft.bsky.social
It's pretty easy to figure that out, though.
Look at the list, check the accounts in there.
If you disagree or have doubts, do not subscribe.
[email protected]
Do I DM the creator to ask them to double check?