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If you are cis ("not transgender") I need to explain this to you. Bluesky today posted this vague thread, announcing-without-spelling-out that they're allowing a writer, net troll and anti-trans activist named Jesse Singal to stay on the platform, despite every trans user saying it makes us unsafe.

This is the heart of the thread: They're looking at the one specific rules violation Singal is being reported for *currently*. And they're saying, this doesn't count as a rules violation, because he was careful enough to stay within the strict lines of the rule as written.

But you can have private profiles, or public ones blocking non logged user visualization (enforcement of blocking rules), moderation lists, simple mutes, and simple blocks. Isn't it enough? (Don't even know who the cited person in question is, this is a genuine curiosity)

But in the end it just can't be enough to protect you if a harassment culture develops for the site at large. You can't solve a social/cultural problem with technical solutions. And if you have a determined adversary willing to do things like make dupe accounts, they can overcome your tools.

If it helps, here's a thread describing the experiences I've had that guide my thinking here: bsky.app/profile/drya...

Oh, one other thing. You mention moderation lists. But if you look closely at bluesky's moderation lists, you'll find there are LOTS of "troll" lists made up to look like something desirable but actually doing something else…there's one guy who adds everyone who blocks him to a "Russian plants" list