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Comment by TehCorwiz | Hacker News Reader

My favorite feature of Bluesky so far are the Lists and Starter Packs which allow you to use other people's curation options as a jumping off point. Bluesky isn't 1:1 with Twitter for a variety of reasons, not least of which is that not everyone is there yet. But the ease of finding your niche is one of the better parts of it to me.

EDIT: Oh, and the simplicity of their blocklists is absolutely worth looking into. There are a few accounts who have automated scammer/spam blocklists you can subscribe to.

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I'm sure there are. I'm also confident that they're politically-driven spammers who are simply banning anyone they had an argument with once... so not only are their lists useless to me for finding people to filter, they're equally useless for finding people to follow. Now that might not be the case, but since that's how such people behaved on Twitter when they shared blocklists I'd invariably have to go through those lists to see who was on them and try to divine the underlying criteria used for adding people to the list to know if it's worth anything... and, again, that's time and effort I'm not interested in spending when I've got better things to do.

IMO, those features are actually negatives because they're so good at creating filter bubbles relative to how good they are for anything else.

People are block listing offensive people, trolls, and bots. I don't really see these accounts as adding to a diverse and vibrant discussion. There is a lot less "dunking" on Bluesky too.

The moderation and interaction tools at the individual level are really great

My concern is that a lot of people getting added to those lists for being "offensive people" or "trolls" are actually just people who civilly express viewpoints that the list maintainer disagrees with.

That probably happens, but most cases are combatting the trend of right wingers creating throw away accounts to say the most offensive things they can for the reactions and getting blocked

I'd invite you to check out the options this labeller provides as an example. You can also see who is on the list, so anyone can audit the list. Transparency is built in

https://bsky.app/profile/skywatch.blue | https://bsky.app/profile/skywatch.blue/lists/3lbckxhgu3r2v (list of trolls)

The thing to notice here is how much control you get as an individual. The moderation source code backing this(https://github.com/bluesky-social/ozone) has features for the subject of a label to contest as well.

What is most powerful about the labeller ecosystem is that it is an ecosystem where competition can occur. There are an ever expanding set of choices, people can make their own choices, and they can stack them together

https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-12-2024-stackable-moderati...

The number 1 thing users like about Bluesky is that they are put back into the drivers seat of their social media experience

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