now it's veronicaexplains.netJan 18

My comments are littered with folks asking "why is it a problem if your blocklist is public on Bluesky?"

I'm glad you asked.

"Who you block" is a reasonable indicator of your personal alignments. If you block TERFs, you're likely trans-friendly, if not trans yourself. If you block white supremacists, you're likely in support of multiculturalism.

If you block government entities, well, you know how this goes.

Do I trust Bluesky to handle that information with care? Hell no.

Show threadAdam Shostack  
@vkc When you say “do I trust” I’m pretty sure they’re public; they’re aggregated on https://clearsky.app/.
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Show threadnow it's veronicaexplains.netJan 18

@adamshostack it is public, I said that in the first sentence of my post!

The point I'm making is that I could imagine Bluesky cooperating with authorities or advertisers in providing additional metadata well beyond the public data, and this could be used for nefarious purposes.

Show threadAdam Shostack  Jan 18
@vkc Oops, thought you were implying that if they didn't keep the blocklists private... sorry!