AI6YR Ben"Bluesky has a large number of followback accounts. Some of these accounts have already done things like switch from Democratic Party memes to neo-Nazi propaganda when they had enough followers." 😬 #spambots
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KanaMauna@ai6yr Exactly according to plan. All hail the algorithms.
jberry@ai6yr blue skies turning gray……no thanks I’ll sit it out.
dangrsmindFunny.
When I suggested this might be possible a few weeks back, a bunch of people piled on and argued with me about it.
Chuck@ai6yr The cool thing is they get added to the nazi block list and wham they get insta-blocked by everyone who subscribed to that list with the 'block' option. It is a clever way to distribute moderation duties (of course the list mods can become enemies and then you'd need to unsubscribe from their list but its a different take on things and I appreciate the attempts at innovation.)
Ro Laren RED57🥄💩🦨🍈🍊🤡@ai6yr Long ago on old Twitter, there was an “FBR” thing that seemed harmless and a way to resist in early 2017, that quickly turned into a kind of targeting lure. Ran into something similar when I first set up my alternate Bluesky account, quickly unfollowed when I finally remembered.
Everyday Freethought"switch from Democratic Party memes to neo-Nazi propaganda when they had enough followers"
We could call that the Gabbard Maneuver.
@EFreethought Urp... and, yes.