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“toxicity and inflammatory” does a lot of heavy lifting for Blueskys moderation team. i find it’s pretty toxic, in a militant way… that doesn’t get moderated o

“toxicity and inflammatory” does a lot of heavy lifting for Blueskys moderation team. i find it’s pretty toxic, in a militant way… that doesn’t get moderated of course. That’s “free expression” when it’s about topics blueskyers all agree on. waits to be called a nazi

Xiol 8mo ago
What topics cause you the most problems?
- spiderfarmer 8mo ago
  The kind of topics that were popular in Germany circa 1939.
  - frumplestlatz 8mo ago
    Case in point. "Everyone to the right of Marx is a Nazi" seems to be the rallying cry of their moderation strategy and user base. Which is fine -- build what you want to be a part of -- but don't pretend it's the neutral position.
    - pfraze 8mo ago
      What about the moderation strategy indicates that?
      - frumplestlatz 8mo ago
        Try participating in discussions with a politically disapproved position and see how fast you're shadow-banned. And no, I'm not talking about "1939 Germany" views.
        pfraze 8mo ago
        Did that happen to you, or to anybody you can point to?
        slater 8mo ago
        I think we're just, once again, speed-running the "which opinions, mfer" goose meme.
        elsonrodriguez 8mo ago
        I wanted to play devil's advocate here, but unfortunately did find an example of a "politically disapproved position" in frumple's post history: "The deportations will continue regardless of the tantrums of the hysterical and mentally ill." Which ironically is similar to some "1939 Germany" views.
        philipallstar 8mo ago
        1939 Germany wanted to do the invading, not combat it.
        elsonrodriguez 8mo ago
        Are you trying to imply that Germany didn't deport anybody in 1939?
        deleted 8mo ago
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        frumplestlatz 8mo ago
        Are you claiming that enforcing existing 2026 U.S. immigration law -- developed through decades of bipartisan agreement and consistent with policies in other liberal democracies -- is in any way comparable to 1939 Germany and their systematic murder of millions? That comparison is precisely the problem: it distorts history, inflates moral claims, and shuts down serious discussion. This is also largely the standard level of rhetoric on Bluesky, which is fine -- but manufactured consensus on a heavily moderated platform is not the same thing as factual or moral authority.
    - THX1137 8mo ago
      Really? Anecdotal as well, but I see tonnes of liberals and similar free market oriented people all over that website... I wonder if whether our preferences are giving us different impressions of the user base?
      - repeekad 8mo ago
        The primary differentiator for me is that bsky does not have a central algorithm, you only see content from people you follow or explicitly go looking for. Yes the "top today" overall feed is very left biased, but the default is an empty feed that you have to populate yourself. You can't complain about content on bluesky because unlike every other platform you must choose which feeds you use.
lukev 8mo ago
This accusation would have a little more zing, if the person who owns the other place wasn't posting about white replacement almost every day. Pretty shitty that ones choice of social media is so politicized but if you must pick a side... I will pick the non-nazi side, thank you very much!
- inquirerGeneral 8mo ago
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- SLWW 8mo ago
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- tastyface 8mo ago
  Yeah, not sure why I'd spend a minute of my time on a social media site where the owner's boosted comments literally make me feel physically ill.
  - frumplestlatz 8mo ago
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    - tastyface 8mo ago
      Personally endorsed by Musk: "If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while White men hold a collective majority, then they will be 1000x times [sic] more hostile and cruel when they are a majority over whites. White solidarity is the only way to survive." https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/09/musk-endorsed-white-nationalism https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/09/musk-endorsed-whit... And this is "anodyne" to you? Personally, I want absolutely nothing to do with these cretins. Being in the same virtual space with them makes me feel dirty, let alone using a platform actually owned by one of them. I wouldn't go to Stormfront to discuss gaming news, either.
      - 8mo ago
ProfessorZoom 8mo ago
still hard to believe that this was supposed to be a decentralized social media app, and now it's like one giant subreddit

Xiol 8mo ago

What topics cause you the most problems?

spiderfarmer 8mo ago
The kind of topics that were popular in Germany circa 1939.
- frumplestlatz 8mo ago
  Case in point. "Everyone to the right of Marx is a Nazi" seems to be the rallying cry of their moderation strategy and user base. Which is fine -- build what you want to be a part of -- but don't pretend it's the neutral position.
  - pfraze 8mo ago
    What about the moderation strategy indicates that?
    - frumplestlatz 8mo ago
      Try participating in discussions with a politically disapproved position and see how fast you're shadow-banned. And no, I'm not talking about "1939 Germany" views.
      - pfraze 8mo ago
        Did that happen to you, or to anybody you can point to?
        slater 8mo ago
        I think we're just, once again, speed-running the "which opinions, mfer" goose meme.
        elsonrodriguez 8mo ago
        I wanted to play devil's advocate here, but unfortunately did find an example of a "politically disapproved position" in frumple's post history: "The deportations will continue regardless of the tantrums of the hysterical and mentally ill." Which ironically is similar to some "1939 Germany" views.
        philipallstar 8mo ago
        1939 Germany wanted to do the invading, not combat it.
        elsonrodriguez 8mo ago
        Are you trying to imply that Germany didn't deport anybody in 1939?
        deleted 8mo ago
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        frumplestlatz 8mo ago
        Are you claiming that enforcing existing 2026 U.S. immigration law -- developed through decades of bipartisan agreement and consistent with policies in other liberal democracies -- is in any way comparable to 1939 Germany and their systematic murder of millions? That comparison is precisely the problem: it distorts history, inflates moral claims, and shuts down serious discussion. This is also largely the standard level of rhetoric on Bluesky, which is fine -- but manufactured consensus on a heavily moderated platform is not the same thing as factual or moral authority.
  - THX1137 8mo ago
    Really? Anecdotal as well, but I see tonnes of liberals and similar free market oriented people all over that website... I wonder if whether our preferences are giving us different impressions of the user base?
    - repeekad 8mo ago
      The primary differentiator for me is that bsky does not have a central algorithm, you only see content from people you follow or explicitly go looking for. Yes the "top today" overall feed is very left biased, but the default is an empty feed that you have to populate yourself. You can't complain about content on bluesky because unlike every other platform you must choose which feeds you use.

lukev 8mo ago

This accusation would have a little more zing, if the person who owns the other place wasn't posting about white replacement almost every day. Pretty shitty that ones choice of social media is so politicized but if you must pick a side... I will pick the non-nazi side, thank you very much!

inquirerGeneral 8mo ago
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SLWW 8mo ago
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tastyface 8mo ago
Yeah, not sure why I'd spend a minute of my time on a social media site where the owner's boosted comments literally make me feel physically ill.
- frumplestlatz 8mo ago
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  - tastyface 8mo ago
    Personally endorsed by Musk: "If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while White men hold a collective majority, then they will be 1000x times [sic] more hostile and cruel when they are a majority over whites. White solidarity is the only way to survive." https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/09/musk-endorsed-white-nationalism https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/09/musk-endorsed-whit... And this is "anodyne" to you? Personally, I want absolutely nothing to do with these cretins. Being in the same virtual space with them makes me feel dirty, let alone using a platform actually owned by one of them. I wouldn't go to Stormfront to discuss gaming news, either.
    - 8mo ago

ProfessorZoom 8mo ago

still hard to believe that this was supposed to be a decentralized social media app, and now it's like one giant subreddit