Mike Masnick ✅So blocks have arrived on Bluesky... Quick turn around.
That Anonymous CowardWell dude many people didn't like showed up and was asking where they were so...
Bob Davidson@mmasnick
so you can block skeets!
so you can block skeets!
malena@mmasnick too bad quote toots didn’t show up on mastodon like that
DinkyShop@mmasnick are the block lists visible?? That’s what I heard..
@dinkyshop yes and no. because it's a protocol, they have to be accessible to the network. So the Bluesky app does not make them visible, but in theory someone could write an app to make them visible...
Andrew F@mmasnick @dinkyshop Is the block algorithm / design published somewhere? I'm curious how blocking is published / synced across servers.
Chaos@mmasnick seems like the story about having to federate first might have been stretching the truth. They didn't prioritize blocks for whatever reason and then realized that was a mistake.
@chaos no. they launched a sandbox version of the federation first, and then implemented blocks.
@mmasnick do we know the ownership structure of blue sky?
Barry Parr@barryparr I would guess Twitter still has a stake in Bluesky. At the very least, something between Jack and Elon seems shady.
For example, how is Elon allowing invites to blue sky to go out on Twitter without backlash but he initially blocked all things to mastodon and substack?
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Rick Mycroft@trashpanda_x @chaos yes, they have... details soon...
Matt Sicker@mmasnick might have gotten a little anxious about App Store rules?
nhan@sickmatter @mmasnick app stores require social media to have a block feature? Didn't know that.
To prevent abuse, apps with user-generated content or social networking services must include:A method for filtering objectionable material from being posted to the appA mechanism to report offensive content and timely responses to concernsThe ability to block abusive users from the service-Published contact information so users can easily reach you
Seems like Bluesky just barely implemented these features in time?
Edit: markdown swallowed sort of. See https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ 1.2 user generated content.
App Review Guidelines - Apple Developer
The App Review Guidelines provide guidance and examples across a range of development topics, including user interface design, functionality, content, and the use of specific technologies. These guidelines are designed to help you prepare your apps for the approval process.
Negative12DollarBill@mmasnick
And also punishment for inviting bad people. From today if you invited someone who got banned or “actioned”, the BlueSky algorithm will exclude you from being Hot. Or if they invited you.
And also punishment for inviting bad people. From today if you invited someone who got banned or “actioned”, the BlueSky algorithm will exclude you from being Hot. Or if they invited you.
@negative12dollarbill the "hot" list is a janky temporary algorithm. It's literally "did this post get 8 likes." It's just a temporary thing.
@mmasnick Yeah real soon now there will be a marketplace of algorithms blah blah I won’t hold my breath
Hey do you know what “actioned” means?
@negative12dollarbill @mmasnick flagged (impersonation, not sure if other flags exist) or banned
SloanLA@mmasnick Why support another platform owned by a billionaire? Is this different somehow? This guy has proven himself horrible too.
petteriusa@petteriusa @mmasnick I honestly haven't found much info on it and am not that interested to dig harder, so I’m genuinely curious when everyone says it is a Twitter clone.
@SloanLA i explained my thinking in detail in my post earlier today.
@mmasnick Found it, thanks! For anyone else looking: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/28/six-months-in-thoughts-on-the-current-post-twitter-diaspora-options/
Matthew Reichbach@mmasnick Matt Yglesias approved
At least they listened to the users.
It will be interesting to see if there are server performance problems.
Michael Sokolov@mmasnick do they also have a concept of defederation in their federation plan
TurboQuokka@mmasnick Cool. Glad they implemented that.
Still not remotely interested.
RowinSpeezDid they really not think to implement a block function? Haha, before Musk even took over Twitter, I had blocked over 1500 people. Instead of seeing dumb comments from trolls, I just blocked and reported and my experience was all the better. Part of free speech is the part where you don’t have to listen to people.
@RowinSpeez no. as i've explained like a dozen times already they DID "think" to implement a block function, but they couldn't implement the block function until the federation functionality was ready. the reason block came later was because they wanted to make sure it worked across federated instances, which is trickier than centralized.
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