Comment on The Right Has a Bluesky Problem
UrLogicFails@beehaw.org 3 weeks agoI think (/hope) trolls are going to have a pretty hard time gaining traction on Bluesky. As you’ve mentioned, the block lists are quite effective; but also the lack of algorithm helps too. No matter how many likes/reskeets an offensive skeet gets, I will never see it unless someone I follow specifically reskeets it themselves.
With this in mind, most people seeing the trolls’ posts will likely only be the trolls themselves. Of course they can hop into the comments of a popular skeet; but once they are blocked by the original poster, their skeet becomes removed for everybody.
From what I can tell, the enhanced moderation tools combined with the followed-only feed should make being a troll on Bluesky much harder…
The shared block lists need to keep up with bad faith signups, which will stop happening once the trolls are actually trying, though. So, it’s going to be on the shoulders of the subscriber feed.
Which was something that Twitter augmented long before they were bought by Elon. And is something that will probably show up once the shareholders start pushing the company towards an IPO, which will happen eventually.
But maybe they’ll add other interesting safety features before then.
I’m wondering when the bot armies of sign-ups will come out in force to a point where blocklists can’t keep up…
socsa@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Are they really using the term "reskeet?"
It certainly paints a very specific mental image.
jonne@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
That’s somehow worse than Mastodon’s toots.
UrLogicFails@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
That is really the term. Of course, every time a new wave of users join, they always say they’ll never call them “skeets,” but they usually change their mind in time.
In my personal opinion, I actually really appreciate them being called “skeets.” It kind of serves as a reminder that they are not to be taken seriously. I also appreciate that calling them “skeets” will help deter large corporations from joining for some time. (What company wants to be associated with a social media site where the posts are a tongue-in-cheek reference to ejaculate?)
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
It just reminds me of this… One of Killer Mike’s best, imho. Frisky Dingo died too soon.