Bard spotting on Bluesky 14 November 2024

Chad Loder (@chadloder.bsky.social):

Hey uhhh, how does Bluesky prevent blocklists being used as nazi starter packs?

redstormpopcorn (@wasteof.technology):

maybe convert blocklist to banwave at random intervals, but as with most unlikely solutions it would require in-depth moderation

Chad Loder (@chadloder.bsky.social):

what do you mean? not sure what banwave is

redstormpopcorn (@wasteof.technology):

Kinda like how game developers will let confirmed cheaters do their thing for a while, accumulate a list of accounts, then ban all of them at once to avoid tipping offenders off to their detection methods. Every couple of months (give or take some weeks) ban every confirmed fash on the blocklist.

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

It would require BlueSky T&S to trust users maintaining blocklists, which is very unlikely.

What they'll more likely do is action user reports on intolerance, violent threats, & block evasion, especially if there's organised block evasion.

Chad Loder (@chadloder.bsky.social):

BlueSky T&S is not going to trust users maintaining blocklists, but they will trust users running blocklists on federated instances. So, instances will help because I assume an instance's blocklist will not be visible in the UI