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Joined and deleted my Twitter permanently.
jiiiiiiiiii.bsky.social
Mostly posting Art, Photographs of MTB. Retro gaming and wordpress code hacks. 360 imaging and graphic design, printing.
https://bsky.app/profile/severnbeach.bsky.social
I'm on. Twitter refugee from about 2 years ago. I will post pics of bikes, dogs, odd events, but mostly I'll try to reply either wittily, sympathetically, or with encouragement.
theterranaut.bsky.social
Was never a Twitter user so watching this out of curiosity, but just seen on Ye Olde Facebooke that Torm are trialling Bluesky as traffic from Twitter has dried up.
So if you want a nice cycle jersey, they are now over there too (waves vaguely in that direction due to lack of understanding)
Would that be the Naomi Campbell that attracted this response?
A list specifically for users who have pushed that special kind of British transphobia. If you've made it onto this list and you're not British, congratulations on the double shame of being an anti-trans rights conspiracy theorist and acting like a Brit.
That sort of thing is not welcome at all over on BlueSky.
Yes, that could be Naomi Cunningham (I haven’t seen the comment so don’t know for sure). A barrister specialising in discrimination law.
I use Twitter for the politics, basically. I don’t see the point in political forum where one side gets censored. There are limits, as always, but the opinions of barristers is a long way from where those limits ought to be.
Don’t know the details of that particular case but I think that’s a block list set up by a user (or group of users) rather than some form of censorship by the platform. Only those who actively subscribe to the list will block its members so you’re free to choose to see it or not.
was never a tweeter or Xer but ive signed up. dont know why, ive no idea how to use it and probably never will but it may help me to see links that are posted on here from time to time that i could never see with the others.
@sadexpunk.bsky.social
@stevious I wasn't talking about that list, but that her account and all her posts have been flagged for "Intolerance" by the Bluesky Moderation Service.
Yes Cunningham, it had been a long day and I defaulted to the supermodel surname. For an equality/discrimination lawyer to wade into a new platform on a transphobic kick is a bit of an own goal and undermines her stance. It also shows that some barristers are not the paragons of fair play and equality that they are held up to be.
I've seen it pointed out that tolerance from one side that is not respected by the other is abuse and it would appear that Ms Cunningham does not extend tolerance to the trans community who it appears have fought back against the sea-lions and their intolerance.
19m new members in recent days, apparently. Daft question, but can you embed posts on here from there, or is that too much for the hamsters?
@sandwich I think you're missing the point.
The blocklist A Very British Bigotry was created by the anonymous Bluesky user "hedgehogsafety", and being added to it doesn't prove that Cunningham is transphobic any more than it undermines her opinions as a successful employment and discrimination lawyer. But that's a topic for a separate thread.
The point I was making is that Bluesky is shaping up to be the kind of platform where differing opinions are shut down in the name of tolerance. I'd rather see some actual discussion, even if it means filtering out the various truther types and chemtrail cranks.
Edit: I also follow several hedgehog accounts on Twitter 😀
doesn’t prove that Cunningham is transphobic
Other than being senior in a transphobe organisation funded by Ms Rowling, if it walks like a duck. . . (EDIT the group was chosen at random, I believe Ms C is listed on several Transphobic lists not just that one).
One can not discuss anything with those in cult-like organisations it's not worth the effort, their minds are not for persuading, ever.
I feel like you're making my point for me. If you think whole groups of people are entirely unreachable and their opinions should be suppressed rather than engaged with, then it's highly likely they're not the ones in a cult.
You're not suppressing their opinions, they are free to express them to the limit of what the site owner wishes. You're simply limiting your interaction with them.
Using a sort-of real world analogy, most of us recognise that if you visit a pub where the lounge bar is full of drunk, braying racists, you could engage them and try to change their minds (some people enjoy argument and confrontation). The alternative, if you just want a pleasant evening free of drunk, braying racists, is to go into the other bar or choose a different pub. Obviously, it's possible that not everyone in the lounge bar is a DBR, and you're missing out on enlightening discussions on art, cinema or even politics. But sometimes removing yourself from potentially toxic environments makes for a better night out.
I just want to look at pictures of mushrooms or newly-discovered galaxies, TBH.
You’re not suppressing their opinions, they are free to express them to the limit of what the site owner wishes.
This is what I've been talking about, ie that the Bluesky official mods are censoring her on that platform. And a barrister who's won numerous cases and is posting in a professional capacity about her area of expertise is not at all like "drunk, braying racists". It's a ridiculous comparison to make.
You’re simply limiting your interaction with them.
Yes, blocking and blocklists, which Sandwich was talking about, can certainly be useful if you want to place limits on what you might read or who can see or respond to your posts. But if imagoody.bksy.social creates a blocklist called "baddies", it doesn't mean the people on it are actually baddies, or that you're a goody if you use it.
Generally I'd rather moderation that concerned itself with abuse rather than opinions, and certainly not with opinions that have passed the test of many employment tribunals.
I'll take the flounce now, as the topic could be its own thread and I don't fancy starting one!
The contents of the blocklist may be mixed, but if it contains enough people who I definitely don't want on my feed, I'm willing to forego the company of a few interesting bystanders who perhaps shouldn't be on that list. That's the pub analogy I was aiming for.
I've signed up, followed a few on here. Don't think I'll be putting much on there, but, I made a start.
Anyone migrated (or considered) migrating their account to Eurosky (which as far as I can work out means migrating their account hosting to the EU rather than any functional change)?
There was a recent Guardian article on the move away from US big tech
@ElShalimo Hence the question. AFAICS the big difference is that your handle is whatever.eurosky.social instead of bsky and it apparently moves followers/following across. I’ve registered for an invite and will report back if I take the plunge.
I had a look at the euro sky link but for my three forum logins/one Bluesky account I think it’s rather unnecessary
And……..
The AT Protocol was initially designed for public conversations and currently all data stored in our accounts (excluding emails and passwords) will be open, meaning that it can be accessed by other services. As such, you should consider it public. Some apps have private data (for example direct messages in Bluesky) — these are handled separately by them and are not stored in your eurosky.social account.
However, private data is coming to the Atmosphere in 2026, opening up a whole range of new possibilities.
Moving to Eurosky does seem like a good idea but when I thought of the prosepct of setting up yet ANOTHER account I did a sigh so loud it woke up my cat.
Opened the podcast app on my iPhone and the uncanny valley podcast from wired magazine has Issam Hijazi creator of upscrolled app, was a good listen to find out his history in the sector so I’ll create an account to see what it’s all about
https://www.wired.com/podcast/uncanny-valley/
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-upscrolled-founder-issam-hijazi/
Moving to Eurosky does seem like a good idea but when I thought of the prosepct of setting up yet ANOTHER account I did a sigh so loud it woke up my cat.
It’s not a new account, just a migration of your existing BSky account to a new, EU based host?
I’d not clocked DMs as an issue TBF
Yeah, I get that. It’s just more social media admin that I don’t have the mental bandwidth for just now. I’m sure once I find the necessary energy it won’t actually be a big deal
The AT Protocol was initially designed for public conversations and currently all data stored in our accounts (excluding emails and passwords) will be open, meaning that it can be accessed by other services. As such, you should consider it public. Some apps have private data (for example direct messages in Bluesky) — these are handled separately by them and are not stored in your eurosky.social account.
If you write something on the Internet, IMHO it would be wise to consider it to be immediately in the public domain. And that includes photos of your willy on Snapchat. If you don't want it to be public then the answer isn't a different host, it's to not post it. Someone taking screen grabs of your "content" and bouncing it around the globe isn't difficult regardless of platform.
My presence on the Internet predates the proliferation of the Web, let alone Social Media. I've always believed that security through obscurity is no security at all.
TLDR: if you want privacy, keep it off the Internet.