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Is Bluesky and Threads basically Twitter with different moderation policies? I can see why someone might leave Twitter for Mastodon but why would you leave for

Is Bluesky and Threads basically Twitter with different moderation policies? I can see why someone might leave Twitter for Mastodon but why would you leave for one of those 2? Just block people you don't want to see stuff from.

data-ottawa 3y ago
At this point the ownership of Twitter is the problem for a lot of people, and then there's the change to the system itself, neither of which can be resolved by blocking.
- drexlspivey 3y ago
  Why would you care which billionaire owns the platform? If he annoys you just block him.
  - 01100011 3y ago
    And block their ads. I use X with Firefox+uBO on Android and it's great.
threeseed 3y ago
Many of the people that some of us want to follow have now left X. Often this all gets framed as a "freedom of speech" issue. But I know first hand of women who in recent months on X have been harassed with death threats. When they've reported it has been ignored because the company simply lacks the resources/will to enforce those policies. And so even if Threads is nothing more than a better-staffed clone that is enough for them.
- dfgfek 3y ago
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- sneak 3y ago
  How are illegal threats made by users the fault of the communications platform? We don’t vilify the phone company when someone uses a phone to make a bomb threat. Why is this different? You don’t report crime to the communications service provider. If someone makes a bomb threat you aren’t dialing 0 to tell the phone company.
- elforce002 3y ago
  Interestingly enough, I follow people on both sides of the aisle, and only left-leaning people have left Twitter. I haven't created a threads account because they're blatantly asking me to share every data they could access + their awful content moderation rules. At least there are plenty of options for people to share their opinions.
ryan29 3y ago
I think the domain validated handles on Bluesky are a big deal. They help reduce impersonation and let you build a reputation around an identity that isn't controlled by the platform. No one can squat on your handle and, even though you don't technically own a domain, you get a lot more protections with a domain name than you do with a platform based handle. It's much harder to revoke a domain than it is for someone to kick you off their platform.

data-ottawa 3y ago

At this point the ownership of Twitter is the problem for a lot of people, and then there's the change to the system itself, neither of which can be resolved by blocking.

drexlspivey 3y ago
Why would you care which billionaire owns the platform? If he annoys you just block him.
- 01100011 3y ago
  And block their ads. I use X with Firefox+uBO on Android and it's great.

threeseed 3y ago

Many of the people that some of us want to follow have now left X. Often this all gets framed as a "freedom of speech" issue. But I know first hand of women who in recent months on X have been harassed with death threats. When they've reported it has been ignored because the company simply lacks the resources/will to enforce those policies. And so even if Threads is nothing more than a better-staffed clone that is enough for them.

dfgfek 3y ago
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sneak 3y ago
How are illegal threats made by users the fault of the communications platform? We don’t vilify the phone company when someone uses a phone to make a bomb threat. Why is this different? You don’t report crime to the communications service provider. If someone makes a bomb threat you aren’t dialing 0 to tell the phone company.
elforce002 3y ago
Interestingly enough, I follow people on both sides of the aisle, and only left-leaning people have left Twitter. I haven't created a threads account because they're blatantly asking me to share every data they could access + their awful content moderation rules. At least there are plenty of options for people to share their opinions.

ryan29 3y ago

I think the domain validated handles on Bluesky are a big deal. They help reduce impersonation and let you build a reputation around an identity that isn't controlled by the platform. No one can squat on your handle and, even though you don't technically own a domain, you get a lot more protections with a domain name than you do with a platform based handle. It's much harder to revoke a domain than it is for someone to kick you off their platform.