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Is the new blocking age verification page the kind of innovation we should expect from BlueSky?

esskay 8mo ago
Counterpoint - its a legal requirement in several parts of the world now (and rapidly expanding), how do you think they should handle it whilst you know...still being able to exist?
- wolvoleo 8mo ago
  It was supposed to be decentralised though, meaning there would be no central party to pursue.
  - Klonoar 8mo ago
    What makes you think a nation state level entity can't pursue in this case...?
    - wolvoleo 8mo ago
      The same reason even nation state actors have not managed to eradicate torrents. You take one tracker down, another pops back up.
    - morcus 8mo ago
      It kinda of confuses me when use the term "nation state" instead of just "state". For example Canada is not a nation-state but surely they are powerful and important enough that they could also pursue this kind of case.
      - lII1lIlI11ll 8mo ago
        This has been a pet peeve of mine for some time now. It seems people just feel smarter using a fancy terms instead of "a state" or "a government".
  - danabramov 8mo ago
    Sure, which is why it's perfectly possible to work around those restrictions using any of the alternative apps that show the same data (but don't implement the legal restrictions).
  - subscribed 8mo ago
    It is. The block is on the client level, not the network.
  - egorfine 8mo ago
    How long until it KYC at bluesky becomes a centralized requirement?
- egorfine 8mo ago
  It's not a legal requirement in my country. Thus they are volunteering to go extra mile in the implementation of the repressive laws. I think they should resist as much as possible. Yes it was a legal requirement to gas the Jews and it was illegal to hide them. Who do we cheer now? Those who abided to the law or those who broke it?
idiotsecant 8mo ago
I don't know why people have to be like this. Are you not capable of asking the question without the aggressive snark? Just be cool for a second and maybe you'll get an actual conversation where you learn something.
- egorfine 8mo ago
  I live in a country where this is not a legal requirement. Yet my account was blocked due to no birthdate. This makes me have zero respect for those who volunteer to go the extra mile in the implementation of repressive laws.
  - idiotsecant 8mo ago
    Let me explain how to ask this without being an ineffective rage dork: 'I don't have age verification laws in my country but was blocked anyway. Why is that?'

Counterpoint - its a legal requirement in several parts of the world now (and rapidly expanding), how do you think they should handle it whilst you know...still being able to exist?

wolvoleo 8mo ago
It was supposed to be decentralised though, meaning there would be no central party to pursue.
- Klonoar 8mo ago
  What makes you think a nation state level entity can't pursue in this case...?
  - wolvoleo 8mo ago
    The same reason even nation state actors have not managed to eradicate torrents. You take one tracker down, another pops back up.
  - morcus 8mo ago
    It kinda of confuses me when use the term "nation state" instead of just "state". For example Canada is not a nation-state but surely they are powerful and important enough that they could also pursue this kind of case.
    - lII1lIlI11ll 8mo ago
      This has been a pet peeve of mine for some time now. It seems people just feel smarter using a fancy terms instead of "a state" or "a government".
- danabramov 8mo ago
  Sure, which is why it's perfectly possible to work around those restrictions using any of the alternative apps that show the same data (but don't implement the legal restrictions).
- subscribed 8mo ago
  It is. The block is on the client level, not the network.
- egorfine 8mo ago
  How long until it KYC at bluesky becomes a centralized requirement?
egorfine 8mo ago
It's not a legal requirement in my country. Thus they are volunteering to go extra mile in the implementation of the repressive laws. I think they should resist as much as possible. Yes it was a legal requirement to gas the Jews and it was illegal to hide them. Who do we cheer now? Those who abided to the law or those who broke it?

idiotsecant 8mo ago

I don't know why people have to be like this. Are you not capable of asking the question without the aggressive snark? Just be cool for a second and maybe you'll get an actual conversation where you learn something.

egorfine 8mo ago
I live in a country where this is not a legal requirement. Yet my account was blocked due to no birthdate. This makes me have zero respect for those who volunteer to go the extra mile in the implementation of repressive laws.
- idiotsecant 8mo ago
  Let me explain how to ask this without being an ineffective rage dork: 'I don't have age verification laws in my country but was blocked anyway. Why is that?'