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Aegis, the largest third-party moderation service, has shut down.
Taurus Shield will expand the scope of their responsibilities as a result.
People here just downvote anything they don't like even if it's in its own community
Depends on the server you’re on. Lemmy found popularity when a group of communists had their subreddit(s)banned
That's actually part of the reason why the original devs started Lemmy.
Bridgy Fed is one of the efforts aimed at connecting the fediverse with the web, Bluesky and, perhaps later, other networks like Nostr.
I guess I'm having trouble communicating why this excites me so much. I'm impressed I created to create a custom feed that I personally found useful, despite not knowing how to code. I'll have to check out Misskey or Calckey later.
Yes, but I could do this on my own without any coding, and use it directly within the app
My own custom feed is how I get my news.
The level of control Bluesky gives users with custom feeds is simply incredible. I could recreate the Mastodon newsfeed without any coding whatsoever.
All I had to do was create a feed on Skyfeed that
- Inputs @aendra.com's list of verified news agencies (+ a couple of unofficial news accounts)
- sort using the HackerNews ranking algorithm
That's all I needed to do. Here is my tweaked version of this (no login necessary)..
JSON
{ "displayName": "📰News (Trending)", "blocks": [ { "type": "input", "inputType": "list", "id": "aaao2rd2fwsmg", "": 86400, "listUri": "at://did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5/app.bsky.graph.list/3jzmo456b6j2t" }, { "type": "input", "inputType": "list", "id": "aaaknghipawwq", "listUri": "at://did:plc:kkf4naxqmweop7dv4l2iqqf5/app.bsky.graph.list/3kc3ye6hmsd2y", "historySeconds": 86400 }, { "type": "input", "inputType": "list", "id": "aaae7ioefxgno", "listUri": "at://did:plc:sbl65o3w4adma7vbmovhyciy/app.bsky.graph.list/3krtw4uufwc2u", "historySeconds": 86400 }, { "type": "remove", "subject": "labels", "value": null, "id": "aaapxkh2aihps", "labels": [ "did:plc:bpkpvmwpd3nr2ry4btt55ack/ai-imagery" ] }, { "type": "sort", "sortType": "hn", "id": "aaaortezvepki", "gravity": "1.8", "sortDirection": "desc" } ], "license": "EUPL-1.2" }
You can now send direct messages (DMs) to people on Bluesky! Say hi to a friend, colleague, or a crush.
The spam reached Bluesky by first crossing over two other decentralized networks: Mastodon and Nostr.
Finally, a competitive YouTube alternative
To answer your question, it's inertia. People need to be forced of Twitter if before they join Mastodon/Bluesky/Threads
God I can't wait for that website to die already
Here is someone else's gift link but I don't know if it will work
I'm heavily interested in Bluesky, so I started [email protected]. However, Lemmy is overall pretty hostile towards Bluesky, and I'm not willing to go back to Reddit for active discussion about it.
Bluesky releases product roadmap
What’s coming next? Over the next few months, we’ll be introducing some long-requested features.
TLDR:
- DMs
- Video
- Improved custom feeds (including in-app feed creation!)
- Improved anti-harassment features
- OAuth
Bluesky PBLLC officially announces Jack Dorsey's departure
We sincerely thank Jack for his help funding and initiating the bluesky project. Today, Bluesky is thriving as an open source social network running on atproto, the decentralized protocol we have built.
Good riddance.
Bridgy Fed (Bluesky x Mastodon bridge) quietly launches beta
Well, I didn’t plan it, but word got out anyway, and people discovered that the fed.brid.gy Bluesky/fediverse bridge quietly went online a bit ago. Over 1200 accounts have already turned it on so far and bridged themselves one direction or the other. It’s great to see so much early interest! https:/...
You can opt into it by following @ap.brid.gy from Bluesky or @[email protected] from Mastodon/Plemora/Threads/Lemmy.
Despite what this website will have you believe, it’s pretty decent. However, if you didn’t like pre-Musk Twitter, you probably won’t like Bluesky.
One Year of Bluesky by John Scalzi
A year ago today my pal Lou Anders asked me if I wanted an invite to a new microblogging site called Bluesky, which was making a little bit of a news splash because Jack Dorsey was on its board, an…
SkyBridge was among the recipients of a small distribution of $4,800 in grant funding from Bluesky, distributed across projects.
[DISCLAIMER: Because it keeps coming up somehow, neither myself nor this blog are affiliated with Bluesky PBLLC] In the beginning, online content moderation was created. This made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as proof that All Mods Are Bastards. On March 20th, 2024, Blue...
IFTAS has launched a labeling service
IFTAS is a non-profit that helps coordinate moderation decisions between Mastodon/Lemmy instances, and also provides moderation-as-a-service.
We can slay giants - The Handbasket
Tech companies and thin-skinned billionaires won't get the final word
We can slay giants - The Handbasket
Tech companies and thin-skinned billionaires won't get the final word
Are there any potential repercussions for sticking a utility knife into the speaker grill?
We’re so excited to announce Bluesky Shorts! Stop, stare, and share. Read about how to try Shorts.
My favorites:
- Jigsaw Falling into Place
- Reckoner
- Bodysnatchers
- 4 Minute Warning
Not right now, at least. There is actually a project by @[email protected] to bridge Bluesky and the fediverse.
These days, everyone hates big tech, and that’s often for very good reasons. You shouldn’t trust giant centralized companies that have collected a ridiculous amount of data on you. There are few re…
Apparently, that account is run by a TERF who deadnames trans men and refuses to include trans women's art.
Bluesky starts rolling out stackable moderation
Today we’re rolling out the first iteration of stackable moderation for Web users. Subscribe to user-operated labelers to make Bluesky a better place for you. Mobile users will receive this update soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOvbRTWOI4g
I wouldn't really compare Bluesky to Mastodon. Ultimately, the Bluesky team still has control over what's allowed on the app and what's allowed on the network until third parties launch their own AppViews and relays.
Bluesky’s Stackable Approach to Moderation
Today, we’re open sourcing Ozone, a tool that lets a team of moderators or curators collaboratively review reports, create labels, and inspect content on the atproto network. Later this week, we’re opening up the ability for users to run their own independent moderation services.
Composable moderation will allow individual users to launch "moderation services" to flag posts that others can use to hide.