Torn between the obvious fact that Jesse Singal should be summarily banned from Bsky because he's here to harass people and destroy the platform and the obvious fact that he is explicitly trying to get banned in order to provide ammo for destroying the platform.
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I'm good at punching & Singal is begging for one
...Could bite him in half but that would get Bluesky in trouble too
Conservatives double so out of belief of being anointed by God/popular support/ journalism/ natural law
Caving to trolls destroyed Twitter & will destroy Bluesky.
we've hit that point where folks will have to choose which side of this fight they're on, and take a stand. there's no sitting this one out
silence is complicity
you may as well exercise your agency and "do".
essentially what he did to twitter
Bsky should have a list of users who are automatically muted by all other accounts by default — you have to opt in to see them.
Put him on that list
More serious than "oh noes elon will be mad boohoo"
Be principled, but only within the strict guidelines of a system that was never designed to be inclusive or progressive.
‘i support you unconditionally!’
*mild inconvenience*
‘these trannies have gotta go!’
like, seriously, y'all need to stop with this "what will they do if we do X?" bullshit apologetics. the right wing cunts running this country absolutely do not give a flying rat shit about what their opposition does. they're going after 'em no matter what.
we don't live in that world anymore.
There's more than one way for users to find that business, even if a would-be dictator tries to ban them from finding it.
Good plan.
It's a tough BUSINESS call, but they absolutely have grounds to ban him if they have the conviction to do it.
Next!
We had the worst dregs of humanity trying to infiltrate constantly. My banhammer was swift and brutal for anyone who even irritated me slightly.
I think I have the admin chops to make thst court appearance.
done.
*hands note to overreaching House Oversight member*
"This note just says - "We're a private business. We do what we want."
"Exactly."
He's already getting massively blocked and shat on. He wants to do the Barry Weiss I'm Being Censored parade but the nuclear block already keeps him off the TL unless you just relish the combat. Fuck him
Otoh - he's going to play the victim (because that's what he wants) no matter what so just banning him & ending the whole kabuki dance now is viable too.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The interesting twist is that (so far as I've heard about) he's doing that on Twitter, while his Bluesky account appears to follow the rules.
I think that's still arguably a TOS violation. But a cute evasion.
https://bsky.app/profile/sammich-blt.bsky.social/post/3ld2f72yb5h2n
Im convinced. Brin out the ban-hammer
But I think a lot of that misses the point. He makes his living targeting Trans people for harassment, he's a a genteel Libs Of Tiktok. The community he abuses is acting the site for more.
Still think management should either follow their terms of service, or be frank that TOS is only for little people.
https://bsky.app/profile/faineg.bsky.social/post/3ld2w5fyzrs2n
a.k.a. LEEEROY JENKINS!!1!! is not a winning strategy.
I don't get this. He sues... And then what happens?
Jerks were around Twitter pre-Elon too, they just didn't get much traction.
He's doing stuff that would get anyone else banned; so ban him. He'll be whining about the site regardless.
"I was banned from Bsky because they said I smelled like poop!"
"Smells poopy"
"Cursed Feng shui"
Trying to be "fair" and rules-based when dealing with asshats simply encourages them to greater mischief.
The hysteria over puberty blockers is 100% manufactured by anti-trans activists. I would know, as I was on a puberty blocker 20 years ago for adrenal hyperplasia. They were approved as safe in the 80s.
Seems like pretty clear harassment to me.
It’s not Sophie’s choice.
If Bsky were smart they’d ban him and if he tried anything pile him under so much contract law he cries himself to sleep every night.
Especially cis people like me who are not in the direct line of fire. Not much point in pointing a mob at me.
Do very much wish for a Bluesky-native, auto-updated "block this person + anybody who's following them" option.
p.s. it won't destroy the platform
If they can’t offer a nazi-free service under US jurisdiction, host it somewhere else!
let him yell into the void.