Mike Masnick ✅Apr 21, 2023
I recognize lots of folks here don't trust Bluesky, but I actually find a lot of what they're doing really, really interesting and worth watching, including their experiment with "composable moderation." https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/20/bluesky-plans-decentralized-composable-moderation/
Bluesky Plans Decentralized Composable Moderation

We just wrote about Substack’s issue with content moderation and the Nazi bar problem. As I highlighted in that piece, any centralized service is going to be defined by their moderation choices. If…

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Show threadKevin Davidson
@mmasnick This felt off as I was reading about it and I wasn’t sure why. It actually comes across as a terrible idea. It sounds like they’re actually washing their hands of moderation, it’s up to you to put on blinkers and choose a provider to label stuff you don’t want. The terrible stuff is still there, but you can’t see them in your replies and mentions. BUT EVERYONE ELSE CAN. It’s an invisibility cloak for trolls.
Apr 21, 2023 at 2:35pmWeb
Show threadKevin DavidsonApr 21, 2023
@mmasnick Nazis are welcome at this bar, and if you don’t like Nazis you are kindly requested to wear special glasses so you won’t see them as they encircle you and your friends.
I don’t think Jack gets it. At all.
Show threadRue CiphervaleApr 21, 2023
@MetalSamurai @mmasnick that's literally the ideal tho, you choose what you want to put up with but don't make the decision for anyone else.
Show threadKevin DavidsonApr 21, 2023
@palecur @mmasnick Nazis in the bar with you, but behind one way mirrors?
Free speech is great, but we should be intolerant of intolerance.
This is Jack trying to run Schrödinger’s Nazi bar.
Show threadRue CiphervaleApr 21, 2023
@MetalSamurai @mmasnick what