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I made this thread yesterday about Bluesky's decision that Jesse Singal shall stay on the platform. When I wrote it, I had like, a kind of six-post coda I decided not to include because it seemed ungainly, I wanted to make my thread succinct. But I wanna post this now. Continuing from this post:

…and the community hollowed out, as people left facing harassment the site couldn't or wouldn't protect them from. Twitter decided not to moderate gamergate. And as a result, gamergate *became* Twitter's moderation team. Twitter gave them the power to decide who could/couldn't stay on the site.

Bluesky is looking down the same thing with Singal and Kiwifarms. By gifting Kiwifarms a respectable, centralized organization point that won't get banned as long as it follows easily gameable rules, Bluesky is making Kiwifarms its new effective moderation staff.

You mean Singal as a harassment hub, not that Kiwifarms is establishing itself openly here, right? I ask because I’m like 1/8 for reporting KF associated accounts, and the “doesn’t exist” accounts weren’t found in my block lists, so presumably deleted before I tried. 1/

And the worst part for Bluesky is, this won't end when Singal is banned. (I don't think much of Singal's self control; I think he'll keep testing the envelope until he does something even Bluesky finds bannable.) The people he "colonized" this site with will stick around after he's gone.