There is more than just a *possibility* that shared blocklist will be weaponized. It's as close to a certainty as we can get. And the weaponization of blocklists are paradoxically most often targeted at marginalized people. 🤷🏿♂️
Because of this, some very smart people oppose shared blocklists. The people that oppose blocklists are not irrational or selfish or uniformed. I just happen to disagree with them.
Because there are more choices than:
a) No blocklists
b) Blocklists that people agree to without thought
BlueSky has shared Blocklists. I've been the target of weaponized blocklists over there. Happens. One example: Inauthentic accounts pretending to be trans, got me added to a transphobes list. I was on that list for a few months. Then a real trans person with moderation experience saw what was going on, and got me off of the list. ♥️👍🏿
I've also been added to blocklists by good faith people that were confused. A Ukrainian person didn't understand that I have a bunch of Ukrainian relatives, and thought that I was disparaging Ukrainian drone units by saying that most of the casualties caused by Ukraine were by artillery. They are. I got added to an "Americans that don't care about Ukraine" or some such list. I think I'm still there. Similar happened when I said that my Haitian friends should be granted asylum from war the same as my Ukrainian friends.
I still support shared blocklists, because the benefit outweighs the harms, and many of the risks can be mitigated. And right now, it is way too hard and too expensive in terms of time, for a small Fediverse instance to be well moderated.
A bunch of government accounts joined BlueSky, and many users just subscribed to blocklists that included them. They're now the most blocked accounts on BlueSky. 🤷🏿♂️
Click blocked > Top blocked
