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yeahhh when twitter changed blocking into basically shutting a glass door between you and the blockee, I became ever more grateful for this place's setup

I have my qualms with blocks and block lists, but if BlueSky waters them down to lure conservatives that would be bleak.

Can't "just ask questions" into the void

(All jokes aside, I think that's the best description of the community most of us craved after the Bad Place became the fucking Worst Place. Somewhere we can all be weird little freaks (complimentary) who also happen to promote the radical idea that empathy is good and necessary for flourishing.)

🤔 If the right-wing chuds are allowed to invade #Bluesky, we will just leave for pastures new. We've done it once (from twitter) we can do it again, or folk can just leave social media altogether. Social media is merely a "nice to have", it's not essential. The tech-bros need to remember that...

Trying to change their reputation as left leaning is how NPR became a shell of itself while still being called left leaning by the right.

Exactly. A "decency bubble"

I miss old IRC server scripts where instead of blocking people you turned everything they posted into animal sounds like frog ribbits until they gave up and left.

That’s exactly it. I left twitter because gun rights extremists started attacking me personally. Not just my organization, but me. And mine is only one of a million stories like that. If that happens to me on Bluesky I am out of here too. It is literally a safety issue.

Bingo

It is also partially on Toni to have the media training to recognize when the premise of a question is not winnable. You can answer while redirecting. "We like our current users and think there is room for groups with different interests," versus, "yes, we have a user base problem but..."

Personally hoping @wpbl.bsky.social will start posting here, especially with updates about watching games from outside the very distant stadiums. My Mom's 92, living in Portland, and isn't up to attending live games, but has been a baseball fan her whole life.

That’s exactly it- a decency bubble 😊

Paradox of tolerance

The mute button is my friend, though wish I could delete instead of block followers.

Bluesky's algos reflect how real life works much better than any other social media platform. In real life, in functional communities, antisocial people are marginalized.

FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE HY ON EARTH DIES HE THINK BLUESKY HAS GROWN SO RAPIDLY??? ITS BECAUSE WE LIKE IT THIS WAY 💙

Well it "attracts" one group of people because Bluesky is nice ,& we get a little truth ,& some lovely kind things & that's what we like FFS! WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE X !!!!! NEVER BLOODY EVER!!!!!

Nuclear block works both ways, though. Bad actors can use it to hide criticism. So it's not quite enough on its own.

Yes, thank you!!