They need their targets but they won't be able to handle functional blocking tools for a bit. It'll be a question as to if Blusky can adapt quickly enough or if they'll fold to the same old bad faith complaints
Actual content moderation tools are going to be so clutch in insta-blocking the MAGA chuds and bots. Be vigilant and it should be a happy place for a long time.
You might want to check through some of the people that I follow and see if there are people there for you. I blocked the NYT, but other than that I follow a lot of journalists, tech people, and news organizations. I don’t have a starter pack, but I should probably put one or two together.
Speculating that the geniuses there will infiltrate the place with lib-bots for the resident whackjobs to abuse, intensifying their worst proclivities in a crescendo spiral.
Kind of like what I expect will happen to the inevitable AI-infused Real Dolls
Like that whole cohort of British “gender-criticals” that arrived a few weeks ago. Are they still here in a parallel Bluesky posting? I can’t tell! You subscribe to the block list and it’s like they don’t exist at all.
How does subscribing to a block list work? I've seen the block lists, but like, if I subscribe to it, will it automatically block EVERYONE on it? Or am I supposed to individually block everyone?
Ok so that one I linked above “Hard Block List”- when you click on it it looks like this. Under “Subscribe” you have the option to Block or Mute everyone on it. Or you can go through the accounts, click on them and block the ones you want individually the usual way.
i looked more into it. people are saying that block lists are kind of buggy and its better to subscribe to an account labeler. cuz if someone makes a block list and then deletes it. you get stuck in this weird limbo if not being able to see people who've blocked posts, but they can see yours.
Ok I found it- you go here and I think subscribe and block, it was self-explanatory but I don’t exactly remember. But this is the British gender-critical list:
I suddenly can’t remember how I did it. It showed up in my feed and I subscribed to the list and blocked everyone. Something like that? Can someone else remind me how it works?
What's funny is that aside from not making money off of views, X has built such a cult of personality around that asshat that I believe hopping over here will be seen as a cardinal sin by many.
Took the liberty of preemptively finding out what sort of drama we've been missing out on and blocked a bunch of accounts involved or still trying to perpetuate it. They can go back to Twitter. It's almost ready for them.
Thankfully its easy to weed them out. Blocking someone hides their comment under your post for everyone. Im sure someone will create an automatic blocklist for known transphobes
And we will block them. Block block block block. Block every scumbag you see and if you have time, let the rest of us know and we'll block them, too. That's why Jordan Peterson and Jack Dorsey gave up & left. Zero tolerance & fuçk'em. There are a lot of block lists to get you started if you want
There wouldn’t be an awful lot for them to see if they did. They’d probably end up going for unaffiliated hipsters, who wouldn’t have a damn clue what they’re on about…
They will! But they will be aware that as soon as they leave Elon Musk's wing they will not have someone to cry to when they realize that they do not have the same engagement and protection to their shit!
I suspect it's only a matter of time before most of the people I know are on here and I'm blocking bigots like the good old days in the sewers of Twitter.
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This website doesn’t
Actively breed that shit
Instead, it
Doesn’t allow for it all.
People like that actively enjoy being
Frustrated
And
Angry.
Elon made a website where those
Demons can piss eachother off constantly.
Besides, none of them are openminded enough
To come here.
We know how to handle them, now.
Kind of like what I expect will happen to the inevitable AI-infused Real Dolls
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hzlrd6vbu4cxg4cnjzofzpul/lists/3l2lyvtks442a
Centrists kinda deserve it tbh.
(they seem to get dealt with fairly quickly though, so that's good)
As users of this space, let's try to normalize progressive values and minimize engaging with Conservatives.