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relay****

I'm expecting you to grow bigger and bigger, what will also add to your energy needs. Is there a strategy in place, like becoming energy independent? Do you care about the sustainability of your energy consumption? Cheers!

But you hate BDSM and people talking about sexual assault? Because that's what your new ToS is about to ban. Your methods of moderation are going to lead to people being banned unjustly.

It's not free and open when the new TOS increase censorship.

They understand, many don’t think the onus should be the people who *always* take it on the chin. And Bluesky’s evasiveness & unwillingness to speak candidly about this platforms recent dumb, reactionary shit. Glad for what you do! But consider being more honest about the whole right-wing thing

'Some' social media doesn't like it when you leave their ads for other sites' ads. So they'll hide external links as well as they can.

X is a cult echo chamber

Correct. Their algorithms act like a giant sieve when it comes to any external links. They'll claim that it's to stop malicious content, but the purpose is to feed X and keep you and any information shackled to the platform.

Thank you.

In short, many other platforms(especially X/Twitter) limit your reach and exposure when you post external links.

How kind of you to educate us. Truly. I did not understand. 🙏

Hey checking in on this because hiding legitimate lists, silently deleting posts critical of your admin and the retaliatory banning of users seems far worse than i anything twitter did pre-elon, and it certainly negates these positives you're citing here

If we can choose our own algorithms, why are you kowtowing to those that don't understand that and deciding to censor your "free web"? This reads as an incredibly tonedeaf statement to make after your ""fixes"" to bskys rules and guidelines.

It's not really an open web if you censor people, is it? If you really did like the free and open web, you'd roll back the censoring of NSFW art and comments about one specific American. Comon, now.

Historically speaking, censoring nsfw content is a direct attack on queer people as conservatives often label anything LGBTQIA+ as “adult content.” This is a bad, slippery slope you’re sliding on

Where are these algorithms listed? How do we choose one?

Except when people express their first amendment right, right?

How are you monetizing?

I think my followers mute me because I'm annoying. 😅

We 💙 Bluesky, but we would 💙 it even more with an edit feature

Why do U hate artist so much? What have we ever done to you to warrant these new TOS that will absolutely be abused by bad faith people and the system to hurt artist?

weard way to farm goodwill during a community guidelines meltdown but ok

The only trouble I have with blue sky and skylight is being able to log into my accounts. Otherwise I like them

How do I make choices? Where do I start learning how? Thanks.

ADD BLUESKY ON SWITCH PLEASE

It's a genuinely good idea to give the users control over what they see, and I absolutely love AO3 for the immense amount of control they give me over my experience. Y'all had a great idea aiming in that direction but we need you to actually commit. Censorship will not benefit the users at all.

¿Es vuesa merced, quizá, el mismísimo demonio disfrazado de hombre, que osa, en público parlamento, vomitar torpes deseos de forzar la castidad de las doncellas, como si tal cosa fuese mera fábula para regocijo de tabernas?

I've never seen where you choose an algorithm, nor would I know which was best.... I doubt most other people would either

then why does it suck

Typically, they've created something that anyone can do anything on, as long as you have intimate knowledge of how it works. They have no conception of how most people would just like something that's simple and works without having to do everything yourself.

It always resets your timeline to the latest post on opening though, instead of leaving you where you were. Big issue to me!

💙🩵.

As far as we know.

Stop banning porn, start banning fascists.

Still confused what the plan is for Bluesky to make money to repay investors with "free and open"? I know you're in the growth phase, but fearing the "squeeze for profits" phase will come soon. I remain optimistic, but cautious.

Saying you embrace the open web while simultaneously announcing your broadest censorship efforts yet? Fuck off.

I've left my own dissenting feedback on that post, but it mysteriously disappeared after getting 2.6K likes and 300+ reposts. Doesn't seem very open-web to me.

Great! I want to choose the algorithm that supresses my speech. How can I do that? And, shouldn't Feeds have only one e?

Pls stop censoring stuff then, it's getting harder and harder to be found and seen

Incredibly out of touch considering the past couple days :V

How does one choose their own algorithm?

"open web" that's bleached clean of "undesirable" art and opinions.

Why then does no one see my posts?

"We 💙 the open web" Do you? Prove it. NSFW artists have always been a cornerstone of the Internet. We want to love Bluesky, let us stay.

Why do you keep banning Palestinians who have done nothing wrong??? Reinstate Eslam's account. She hasn't broken any rules. She's trying to save her family

Sounds great. What's the moderation like?

I’ve been suspended twice for telling the truth on this site and being anti fascist. I preach zero violence or hatred. But I want my Republic back.

Your mods suck. Blue sky is surrendering. I can’t speak freely on this platform anymore. They claim my speech is violent or doesn’t conform to community rules. Fuck off you mods.

Check out my photos.

Please restore @keneakers.bsky.social account, the Charlie Kirk censorship has gone too far! Thanks 💯

This ain't how you pay your late bills twin 💔

Hopefully not bluesky ever? youtu.be/8veWg2G_0dM?...

4. Bluesky will be getting a new bullshit set of guidelines This allows them to casually censor the community that came here to seek refuge from censorship

Yes

If that's the case, don't censor artists for making art of fictional characters

It is good that you love the open web. I think it’s clear that this means your team should strongly oppose censorship, especially the puritanical sort that is being pushed by our current govt administration. The guidelines of TOS are becoming increasingly unclear and people are getting worried.

Bluesky, where you can go to get away from Doomscrolling

They literally ban people being genocided for no reason according to their own ToS

Interestingly, your answer (thank you btw) did not appear in my notifications. I found your reply via looking at someone else's like of my question.

And we Love Bluesky 💙🦋

also the protocol is open source from what ive heard, so if they dont like it they can just make their own kinda like mastodon. not that anything here is too bad other than the moderation

I wish there was more consistancy with the videos here. Many won't play for me at all. Tried two different browsers. And it's gotten worse in the past week.

Very nice

Do you want to go the way of tumblr? Are you trying to speed run your site into the ground lol?

4. Bluesky asks for community feedback and don't listen to it. 5. Bluesky implements draconian censorship policies that are 50% of the reason this site's userbase left other sites.

It would be even better if you didn't drive everyone away from here with your bonkers moderation policies.

So what’s up this morning?

And we love Bluesky 💙

So, what is the algorithm free option to see everything?

How do you choose an algorithm?

Free and open? You gave us the tools for moderating our pages. Gave us tags and settings to keep our work private or give fair warning to those who might come looking that they may not like what they see. And now you're taking those tools away to "sanitize" the platform. What about that is free?

¿No sería justo desterrar de este cielo artificial á los rufianes que mercadean con la carne ajena, y á las mujeres de vida perdida, que han trocado su honestidad en vil moneda de cambio, como si fueran basiliscos que envenenan la pureza del alma?

🛡️ @bsky.app 🛡️

Why is any critisizm of 🇮🇱 infiltrating the US govt met with a 100% shut down of comments or posts being seen? How does 🇺🇸 become free again? We have been bled dry.

Can you guys make an Instagram rival so we can finally leave meta for good?

Ok if that's the case and we can choose our own moderation options, why are you forcing a wide blanket of vague enforcement against uncomfortable but FICTIONAL art on ALL of us?

'open web' yet draconian moderation. sure jan.

“Free and open” unless you mention the TOS changes and how they harm the artistic community on this platform. Then all of a sudden, critical comments seem to just disappear.

#2 is why I don’t understand the changes for NSWF content. If I don’t want to see it I can just easily tailor my algorithm to not see it

why is this post still up bsky.app/profile/nypo...

sorry.. found out what you meant is "feeds" that changes the algo.. thx!

except for those icky porn artists am I right

Where do we choose an algorithm?

No moderation is perfect but this is way better than shitter

Then why are you censoring valid adult topics instead of creating more appropriate/specific filters? Your tools ensured people who didn't want to see them already aren't seeing them. You're only censoring it from people who want to see it

Where's that #editButton though?

Unless you try to put a picture of a slave that has whip marks on his back

#Bitcoin freed money. #Bluesky frees speech. Both push power back to the individual. 🟠💙

And it has helped me and so many other creators to thrive because of it. Thank you!

No More Ceasars unless it's porn, in which case users having agency over their own timelines is suddenly unacceptable. We don't buy it. Art communities and queer groups on Bluesky are not going to sit idly by and let Bluesky pretend it's an open network while it censors our voices.

Hey I was banned for telling Charlie Kirk to rest in piss. Is this a free and open platform, truly?

I use the discover algorithm by default. Is there anywhere that explains how it works, weights etc?

Thank you! Please keep it up!

How is it open if you’re censoring people’s posts, never mind how you’re also censoring some people’s existence?

If you're banning users and censoring content, it's not free and open. You cannot have both.

If I have to move to a whole-ass new server and set up moderation for myself, I'll just get started on Mastodon. You don't have enough here yet to just throw away minority users yet and expect them to stay in the ecosystem.

This is a question worth thinking about

and how does one add those feeds to their Blue sky feed options?

But can we fix random furry and porn stuff just showing up in people's feeds.. without any rhyme or reason? I don't consume or follow any NSFW stuff yet it shows up, and this is the same case for many many others as well. Especially furry barely censored stuff if you simply follow any form of art. 🤷‍♀️

We love it so far!

Tell that to folks in Mississippi.

Thank you

Open isn’t the best word when your policies are rapidly ramping up to censor the works of hundreds of artists, simply because their work doesn’t fit your image of consent. You’re going to gut your artistic community that built this websites user base for you for the sake of, what, monetization?

Hey as an artist who draws explicit adult content, I fear this will prevent me from gaining a following despite it being my calling. This will do more harm than good, and feels like the site is being neutered. I want to stay, please don’t become like twitter or tumblr, be better

Can you at least fix it so the videos I am trying to watch, do not freeze.

4. We'll ban you if you say that it was good that Hitler died 5. If you complain about it we'll tell you to start your own company, secure your own investors, make your own app, hire your own moderation team, and attract millions of your own users, because the protocol won't stop you

On American based sites. That's because there is no free speech in the US.

Usability 101. Unless it is painfully obvious how to do something, the feature does not exist (for most people) I would venture a guess that 99.999% of Bluesky users have absolutely no idea how to choose their own algorithm from among thousands.

Please re-consider your updated guidelines regarding fictional content and art or it's not such a free platform. Censorship of art is never the way.