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> On a big site that attracts millions of small time spammers along with commercial and nation state level scammers, you've already lost. Bluesky is not that s
by computerthings 2y ago
> On a big site that attracts millions of small time spammers along with commercial and nation state level scammers, you've already lost.
Bluesky is not that site though? There used to be a lot of fake follows a few weeks ago, and many people posting about it, but I didn't have one in over a week. It may get to that, of course, as the site grows.
What I've actually seen a lot is people posting about lists they've been added to, and it's just silly. I've been added to one or two "MAGA" lists myself, heh.. I'm not even American, have no love for Trump, but I disagreed with "the people who are against MAGA" on something (I don't even know what it was), so now I'm "MAGA" according to that list, DNI haha.
Anyone interested, you can check what lists accounts are on here: https://clearsky.app/ https://clearsky.app/
It simmered down now, but people seemed positively obsessed with blocking and letting their enemies "whither in silence" etc. That's the main reason I care, because it fascinates me, because I find it kind of sad. But in practical terms, the people who use social media like that are no loss to me, and I'm no loss to them, so it's actually totally fair, I don't mind being put on block lists for petty reasons. But I know not everybody is that jaded. Some people probably do mind.
And it also seems kind of insidious how it makes people disappear from each other who never interacted, so they will never find out it was for a BS reason. It's not exactly Black Mirror, it's just Bluesky, no harm no foul, but still. How people (seemingly, maybe my perception is wrong) go "oh nice, this is useful thanks" and subscribe, without much discussion or concern, does rub me the wrong way a little.