Blacksky is getting local-only posts before Mastodon will.
https://bsky.app/profile/rude1.blacksky.team/post/3me5kw5txns2c
Apparently there is a "backlash" against a Black community setting boundaries for themselves?
I guess that's one thing the fediverse and Atmosphere have in common. People throwing tantrums and demanding that complete strangers listen to their unwanted opinions.
The bottom line is, while this incident does show that yes, other online communities experience anti-Black racism as well, what makes a difference is the response of that community. Eg. outpouring of support vs questioning and gaslighting the victim.
(And I'm sure the presence of reply controls helps!)
Fediverse has such a long way to go.
#fediverse #blacksky #bluesky #racism #community #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon
Blacksky is getting local-only posts before Mastodon will.
https://bsky.app/profile/rude1.blacksky.team/post/3me5kw5txns2c
Apparently there is a "backlash" against a Black community setting boundaries for themselves?
I guess that's one thing the fediverse and Atmosphere have in common. People throwing tantrums and demanding that complete strangers listen to their unwanted opinions.
Blacksky is getting local-only posts before Mastodon will.
https://bsky.app/profile/rude1.blacksky.team/post/3me5kw5txns2c
Because the protocol doesn't support private data, Blacksky is launching a bunch of features in a centralized (Blacksky-only) way, including mutes and private posts.
These are good features, and it's great that they're building them, but it frustrates me that Blacksky is constrained by the protocol from making them participate in any of the benefits of the ATProto system such as account portability.
Money for mutual resilience: Introducing Blacksky Cash
Mutual aid has always been about more than money. But money, shared intentionally, can be a powerful expression of solidarity. This is us building toward that future.
Today I used my #bluesky account on #blacksky and saw that my account was labeled as SPAM by the https://bsky.app/profile/moderation.bsky.app account. I know that's because I regularly ask people to enable the fedi bridge but I wasn't notified this time, nor does it show up when using my account from bluesky. It's all just very confusing and frustrating.
Today I used my #bluesky account on #blacksky and saw that my account was labeled as SPAM by the https://bsky.app/profile/moderation.bsky.app account. I know that's because I regularly ask people to enable the fedi bridge but I wasn't notified this time, nor does it show up when using my account from bluesky. It's all just very confusing and frustrating.
Asking again: does anyone who edits Wikipedia want to glance over and hit publish on this Blacksky draft?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Blacksky
EDIT!! it's live now thanks to @Szescstopni
And thanks to everyone in the #Fediverse who contributed to this page!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksky
(now not only is Blacksky, the social media project represented, it's also knocked Blacksky, the US military contractor, out of being the only Blacksky on Wikipedia)
#Fediverse users worked together to make sure #Blacksky has a #Wikipedia page, arising from the need to educate users here about the project, starting in about September last year (https://assemblag.es/@inquiline/115166596826618536 )
I was sort of trying to cheerlead but you-all are who actually built the page! 🙏 ❤️
thanks to @Anne_Delong https://musician.social/@Anne_Delong/115321834133067505 among others.
It's ironic that this page went live right as people are breaking their bridged connections to Bluesky because of ICE getting verified there +
Who on here edits #Wikipedia and wants to make a page for #Blacksky ?
Wikipedia as we know has a well-known racial bias, & based on a conversation here I was thinking it might help some of the #protocol convo's if info about Blacksky were available there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_bias_on_Wikipedia
EDIT: there's a DRAFT up now, can anyone post it? Needs one more line about how Blacksky is a Black-led community for Black sociality online, or something. Cite: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/building-blacksky/
#Fediverse users worked together to make sure #Blacksky has a #Wikipedia page, arising from the need to educate users here about the project, starting in about September last year (https://assemblag.es/@inquiline/115166596826618536 )
I was sort of trying to cheerlead but you-all are who actually built the page! 🙏 ❤️
thanks to @Anne_Delong https://musician.social/@Anne_Delong/115321834133067505 among others.
It's ironic that this page went live right as people are breaking their bridged connections to Bluesky because of ICE getting verified there +
Technical details are largely above my paygrade, but it's interesting that also today, Blacksky is running an appview of its own, per @mcc (linking out to Blacksky's Rudy Frasier)
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115917963359245981
Maybe there will be a way to stay bridged to Blacksky while remaining (ahem) defederated from Bluesky, from instances over here?
(mcc's 🧵 gives some back story here, and it [the thread not the story] begins in... September of last year)
Asking again: does anyone who edits Wikipedia want to glance over and hit publish on this Blacksky draft?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Blacksky
EDIT!! it's live now thanks to @Szescstopni
And thanks to everyone in the #Fediverse who contributed to this page!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksky
(now not only is Blacksky, the social media project represented, it's also knocked Blacksky, the US military contractor, out of being the only Blacksky on Wikipedia)
#Fediverse users worked together to make sure #Blacksky has a #Wikipedia page, arising from the need to educate users here about the project, starting in about September last year (https://assemblag.es/@inquiline/115166596826618536 )
I was sort of trying to cheerlead but you-all are who actually built the page! 🙏 ❤️
thanks to @Anne_Delong https://musician.social/@Anne_Delong/115321834133067505 among others.
It's ironic that this page went live right as people are breaking their bridged connections to Bluesky because of ICE getting verified there +
Who on here edits #Wikipedia and wants to make a page for #Blacksky ?
Wikipedia as we know has a well-known racial bias, & based on a conversation here I was thinking it might help some of the #protocol convo's if info about Blacksky were available there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_bias_on_Wikipedia
EDIT: there's a DRAFT up now, can anyone post it? Needs one more line about how Blacksky is a Black-led community for Black sociality online, or something. Cite: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/building-blacksky/
Asking again: does anyone who edits Wikipedia want to glance over and hit publish on this Blacksky draft?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Blacksky
EDIT!! it's live now thanks to @Szescstopni
And thanks to everyone in the #Fediverse who contributed to this page!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksky
(now not only is Blacksky, the social media project represented, it's also knocked Blacksky, the US military contractor, out of being the only Blacksky on Wikipedia)
Have you been noticing the flurries of new or returning people leaving Bluesky due to recent controversies?
It got me thinking about how a real Bluesky exodus would play out, and digging into the studies of the 2022 Mastodon migration from Twitter. I found 14 studies. TLDR; a Bluesky flight would be different.
Here's my new post @PLOS :
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/10/30/a-mastodon-migration-from-bluesky-would-be-different/
@hildabast @PLOS I'm #transgender and left #Bluesky after 2 years there earlier this month. I've used the #fediverse in some capacity since 2017 and love it. I went to Bluesky to see #ATProto progress, tried #Blacksky servers which failed miserably for me and a ton of other users in reliability (Couldn't post, blank feeds).
So now i'm back here but bridged to follow some Bluesky accounts. I think if more accounts there bridge that will help people feel more inclined to come back.
Who on here edits #Wikipedia and wants to make a page for #Blacksky ?
Wikipedia as we know has a well-known racial bias, & based on a conversation here I was thinking it might help some of the #protocol convo's if info about Blacksky were available there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_bias_on_Wikipedia
EDIT: there's a DRAFT up now, can anyone post it? Needs one more line about how Blacksky is a Black-led community for Black sociality online, or something. Cite: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/building-blacksky/
Hey can anyone who edits #Wikipedia take look at this draft entry for #Blacksky and initiate the steps to publish it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Blacksky
Mastodonians put this together over the past month (https://assemblag.es/@inquiline/115166596826618536; https://musician.social/@Anne_Delong/115321834133067505 ; some of the thread is broken) but I don't have a way to publish. TIA!
Who on here edits #Wikipedia and wants to make a page for #Blacksky ?
Wikipedia as we know has a well-known racial bias, & based on a conversation here I was thinking it might help some of the #protocol convo's if info about Blacksky were available there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_bias_on_Wikipedia
EDIT: there's a DRAFT up now, can anyone post it? Needs one more line about how Blacksky is a Black-led community for Black sociality online, or something. Cite: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/building-blacksky/
«Until now, folks have had to make the choice, unconsciously or otherwise, between the jankiness of the fediverse or closed platforms where they have no control» -Rudy Fraser talking about #Blacksky in @TechCrunch today
