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You mean the kind of central authority that can censor accounts at the behest of a despotic government? Bluesky is not decentralized in any meaningful sense. h

• throwawa14223 2y ago
  I was misinformed about Bluesky. Thank you
• joshuaturner 2y ago
  My understanding of that situation was that they could either remove that content from being accessible on Bluesky (the client) or have the site blocked entirely. They landed on country-specific moderation, which is all publicly accessible and documented, allowing countries to label specific posts/contents and have them hidden in the country. Again, this is only on the Bluesky client; other clients can ignore the 'hide' label if they choose. This is an article that details it pretty well and links to a few tools that allow you to view everything hidden by any country moderation team: https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-censorship-and-country-based-moderation/ https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-censorship-and-country-b...
  • senderista 2y ago
    What are these "other clients"?
    • steveklabnik 2y ago
      You have pure clients like https://deck.blue/ https://deck.blue/ And then "soft forks" like https://deer.social/ https://deer.social/
      • the_gipsy 2y ago
        Am I supposed to type my bluesky password into some random website? Why would there be no 2FA options, like when using https://element.io https://element.io for a homeserver?
        • steveklabnik 2y ago
          You make an "app password" which is basically an API token. They've recently added OAuth, but since it's pretty new, a lot of older projects haven't moved over yet. 2FA exists but only for emails right now, more to come. https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/1071 https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/1071
          • the_gipsy 2y ago
            Okay that makes sense, thanks! And yea, I meant OAuth, 2FA has really nothing to do.
  • juped 2y ago
    So have the site blocked entirely. Let censorious despots build their own great firewalls.