I mean look it’s not a surprise; when they rolled out their moderation system based on 3rd-party labeling, and ppl were pointing out how it could be used for targeted abuse, that guy Paul made it clear that the idea hadn’t even occurred to them… like they hadn’t spent a minute thinking about it beyond “this enables us to avoid taking responsibility for moderation, which is the goal of this enterprise”
― Chavez video on MTV, July 1995 (morrisp), Monday, 9 October 2023 01:34 (one year ago) link
is there no way on web to view quote posts of a post
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
are there any feeds that have good posts ive got "what hot classic" (bad posts) and "popular with friends" (almost entirely posts from people im already following)
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:30 (one year ago) link
I got followed by Satan, so there is that.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link
Agree that "Popular with friends" is useless. "For You" and "Home+" are better than "What's Hot Classic".
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 01:34 (one year ago) link
do these links work?
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2wqomm3tjqbgktbrfwgvrw34/feed/home-plushttps://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wqowuobffl66jv3kpsvo7ak4/feed/the-algorithm
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 01:35 (one year ago) link
yeah looked at for you it was better but still a lot of selfies and other shit im not really interested in in there
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 01:37 (one year ago) link
if you don't like my selfies then just mute me
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 01:38 (one year ago) link
listen man you just gotta invest in one of those ring lights
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 01:40 (one year ago) link
can you just post the list names, because the first time I clicked through it timed out twice, and the second time it just took me to my following feed I had open -_-
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 03:11 (one year ago) link
theres one called for you
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 03:17 (one year ago) link
“For you” is official as in maintained by bsky.
There’s one called “home*” which iirc was the first contributed feed that was algorithmic in a more complicated way than “>n likes” or “about subject X” but it seems to be broken for me right now.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 03:44 (one year ago) link
Home+ not home* sorry
this site is starting to get good imo.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 26 October 2023 16:18 (eleven months ago) link
i need to follow more people but im trying not to follow too many jounalists-punits, trying for a feed of chill funny people but idk its tough
― lag∞n, Thursday, 26 October 2023 17:27 (eleven months ago) link
'OnlyPosts' is the feed i check the most other than 'Following' as it does what it saysi.e. only the posts of folks you follow and nothing else.
― mark e, Thursday, 26 October 2023 17:30 (eleven months ago) link
some codes:
bsky-social-cejb2-pezyybsky-social-qspjk-cai4obsky-social-annkt-5gka4
― Roz, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 03:47 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah the filters like only posts are v useful.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 04:05 (eleven months ago) link
Thanks for sharing the codes, Roz. Gonna give this platform a try
― sknybrg, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 04:45 (eleven months ago) link
bsky-social-dm55f-air3mbsky-social-452ru-cph3rbsky-social-b6ov2-bsu2p
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 05:50 (eleven months ago) link
is the strategy is to keep requiring codes until nobody cares anymore
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 15:04 (eleven months ago) link
then they'll be able to handle the traffic i guess
they say its part of their moderation scheme, if scammers spammers the banned etc cant make infinite accounts theyre much easier to control
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 15:11 (eleven months ago) link
it's a decent tactic. just keep requiring codes until everyone who is actively seeking to join a new social site has it, then move on to general use
reminds me of the very old days where gmail initially required an invite, and facebook was limited to certain universities, then by college email addresses for a couple years
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 15:13 (eleven months ago) link
you also end up with more people who have actually engaged with others on other social networks. if you can't get a code, you either have no one to ask, or the people you're asking are not giving you a code for a reason
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 15:14 (eleven months ago) link
ty truly-- i don't know/haven't learned what data and history actually seem to show about the strategy-- to bystander me it's just "wow, they're still passcoding."
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 15:20 (eleven months ago) link
Yep, I had to get an invite for my first Gmail account. Don't even remember who gave it to me.
― read-only (unperson), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 20:03 (eleven months ago) link
Anybody else need codes?
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 20:06 (eleven months ago) link
I've also got a bunch of codes, I'll post them if anybody needs them
― silverfish, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 20:15 (eleven months ago) link
i made like $200 selling gmail invites on ebay back in the day
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 20:31 (eleven months ago) link
lmao
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 20:36 (eleven months ago) link
I remember Gmail codes! I think I ended up with an early adopter gmail because they gave them to people who also had... something accounts. I forget what, now. Photobucket or flickr or something.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 01:52 (eleven months ago) link
Probably not flickr, they were in the pocket of Big Yahoo!
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 06:04 (eleven months ago) link
Anyway, I tweeted that I had 4 bsky codes a couple nights ago because everyone I'd offer one to in a dm is already over there. Hoping to cast a wider net among people I follow/follow me and I got *crickets*. tbh the migration seems largely complete based on who I've always followed on twitter. Not everyone is a regular user yet, and some never will be, but almost everyone's there already.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 06:08 (eleven months ago) link
My tweeting and retweeting has gone way up during this ongoing genocide. There’s mostly like 5 people on there who still pay attention, and it wouldn’t matter much even if it was thousands more, but I’m compelled to do it. No offense to anyone who’s getting anything out of it but I check in to look at bluesky and it feels irrelevant right now.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 06:34 (eleven months ago) link
fwiw, I never used Twitter and don’t want to use Bluesky, I mostly lurk in these threads because I want to see these platforms fail lmfao
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 11:24 (eleven months ago) link
I'm on Bluesky and Twitter, still get better interactions + better content on the latter.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 11:53 (eleven months ago) link
I am very happy with Bluesky; in re Chris L’s point I’m seeing plenty of discussion and posts about Gaza there, so I guess it’s all down to who’s being followed. I take Alfred’s point about conversation feeling smoother on Twitter in comparison but, well, if you’re at a party and trying to have a chat, when the host is yelling all the time and welcoming the Nazis to the front door, why hang further?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 12:57 (eleven months ago) link
That's it, though. Maybe I've curated my feed well, for I don't see much of any haranguing unless I'm looking for it.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 13:05 (eleven months ago) link
Bluesky is feeling pretty Twitter 2010 to me rn which is good.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 13:21 (eleven months ago) link
Bluesky's directed me to excellent Levant-related content, I'll say.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 13:31 (eleven months ago) link
The big difference is I have been reading and trying to retweet numerous Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices, none of whom would be on bluesky.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:25 (eleven months ago) link
on bluesky if a post you replied to is deleted seems like your reply is deleted as well, kinda sucks, a cool thing about twitter is replies are first class posts in their own right
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:32 (eleven months ago) link
I think a lot of it is user-facing behavior? If you block someone, you don't see your replies to them anymore, either. Unblock them and it's back.
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:33 (eleven months ago) link
oh maybe it works the other way too when theyve blocked me
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:35 (eleven months ago) link
i can still find my reply in question in search but when i click on it i get this post has been deleted
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:36 (eleven months ago) link
it actually says
Post not foundThe post may have been deleted.
https://bsky.app/profile/friendo.bsky.social/post/3kd3azj6ete2s
The Stephen King account says: "There is an impersonation warning on my account, but it’s really me. Just hasn’t been used lately." (The warning reads: The moderators believe this account is lying about their identity.)
They're gonna need some sort of verification system if they ever want public figures to join in real numbers.
― Girl (1956) (morrisp), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:19 (eleven months ago) link
yeah seems like theyre going for a pretty bare bones approach so far which is prob wise, theyve only raised $8m so far from what i can tell, staffing up stuff like verification moderation celebrity concierge service etc will be expensive and prob comes later
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:34 (eleven months ago) link