Mastodawn

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.

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Ben Ramsey

@vkc I remember this being an issue with Twitter lists, too. I might be misremembering, but I seem to recall it being public info the names of the lists others had added you to, so even if your account was private, someone could figure out a lot of information about you just based on how others “categorized” or “labeled” you.