Tim Chambers
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deutrino
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For a really good annecdotal description (and ensuing discussion) of the current state of "federation" on #Bluesky, check out this really informative thread from @span mcc:
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115204933163360398
"Imagine a hypothetical comic artist, "Gertrude". One day a hypothetical podcaster named "Louis CK" dies, and "Gertrude" posts something rude about this. Bluesky bans her..."
For a really good annecdotal description (and ensuing discussion) of the current state of "federation" on #Bluesky, check out this really informative thread from @span mcc:
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115204933163360398
"Imagine a hypothetical comic artist, "Gertrude". One day a hypothetical podcaster named "Louis CK" dies, and "Gertrude" posts something rude about this. Bluesky bans her..."
We have to bulld a new healthier open social web. The current closed, commercialized siloes are indeed a cancer.
GOV. COX:
"Social media has played a direct role in every single assassination and assassination attempt that we have seen over the last 5, 6 years. There is no question... Cancer probably isn't a strong enough word. What we have done especially to our kids, it took us decade to realize how evil these algorithms are."
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-september-14-2025-n1312719
@span tchambers facebook, threads, bluesky are the WRONG answer, as the current events have clearly shown.
EVERY corporate owned (yes, blewski is vc crypto techbro owned) is a toxic negative entity. NO, none of them are the Fediverse, just unfortunately "bridged" to here.
No exceptions.
The thing I really like about having set up @span bsky.brid.gy is that I'm not just shouting into the void here. I'm shouting into the void on #Bluesky as well.
Maximum efficiency in void shouting is what I aspire to achieve.
Oh nooo, i can't leave bluesky because thats where all my friends are
Oh no how will i follow the stuff i need.
BlackSky. Don't use bluesky. Use and support BlackSky.
Migrate your account over. Don't use bluesky. Theres no reason to. Now there's extra reason not to.
Joachim
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This is what solidarity looks like
https://thenexusofprivacy.net/what-solidarity-looks-like/
(Part 2 of “Decentralization” and erasure: Blacksky, Bluesky, and the ATmosphere)
Dave V. ND9JR
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Just a reminder of this account's long standing view on #blueSky, in light of the ongoing Kirk fallout.
We saw it coming months ago.
Alex Akselrod
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seen on #Bluesky
90 minutes apart
A screenshot of a Bluesky post:
@atrupar.com
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A screenshot of a Bluesky post:
@karlbode.com
if this shooter winds up being a red-pilled groyper the Kirk newscycle length will be mysteriously cut from two months to two days
September 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dane 🇮🇪 ☮️🕉️⚛️☸️
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Pack Your Corporate Social Media Go Bag
If you use #Bluesky or #Substack have an escape plan!
As repeatedly demonstrated, corporate platforms are vulnerable. Will you be ready when they inevitably bend to data exploitation, political manipulation and censorship? Has it already started?
Have a plan to evacuate to Public Social Media. Create backup accounts on #Mastodon and #Ghost and use them as secondaries. Be prepared. Begin building your online presence free from corporate overlords.
seen on #Bluesky
90 minutes apart
A screenshot of a Bluesky post:
@atrupar.com
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A screenshot of a Bluesky post:
@karlbode.com
if this shooter winds up being a red-pilled groyper the Kirk newscycle length will be mysteriously cut from two months to two days
September 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just a reminder of this account's long standing view on #blueSky, in light of the ongoing Kirk fallout.
We saw it coming months ago.
So over on Bluesky they took down a post by a journalist supposedly because it said "rest in piss" and suspended the account as a "violation of Community Guidelines" - meanwhile the CEO of Bluesky posted "Our thoughts are with Charlie Kirk..."
What Bluesky is doing, banning accounts for refusing to express the government-approved sentiment about Charlie Kirk, is either fascism or fascist appeasement.
It's bad either way. #Bluesky
Nicolas Fressengeas
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So far, I've been mostly ignoring Bluesky, with the attitude "Wake me up when I can do Bluesky without doing business with Bluesky the company."
@jdp23 just woke me up!
https://thenexusofprivacy.net/what-solidarity-looks-like/
I'm using a private PDS run by a friend, and using it to log into https://blacksky.community ! Amazing!
I probably ought to give Blacksky some money!
Sean Tilley
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What's happening at #Bluesky right now is very interesting. The corpos and the moderation team are sending Nazi bar signals (again), so established alternatives like #Blacksky are opening their doors to a possible mass migration. Blacksky even has a "comrade" option for people who aren't black. I still prefer ActivityPub so far, but the amount of work that Blacksky is putting in this is nothing short of amazing
Sean Tilley
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So far I had more meaningful interactions on Masto than in #Bluesky, but I think that if projects line Northsky and #Blacksky have a big success (the later is having it), it would be a net positive for all. For example, fedi could be more amenable to bridge with well-moderated servers like them if they are self-reliant. Just thinking out loud, but a lot of people could benefit from this
So far I had more meaningful interactions on Masto than in #Bluesky, but I think that if projects line Northsky and #Blacksky have a big success (the later is having it), it would be a net positive for all. For example, fedi could be more amenable to bridge with well-moderated servers like them if they are self-reliant. Just thinking out loud, but a lot of people could benefit from this