Bard spotting on Bluesky 19 November 2024

How to get off this list: stop following hatemongers.

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

Carnival Barkers

This is also another not-yet-necessary list, designed to quash harassment.

Some people claim affinity for vulnerable groups / identities, but consistently demand those groups traumatise themselves by engaging with abuse, harassment, etc - to compromise boundaries

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

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How to not be on this list: Don't demand that people who have Identity XYZ must compromise their boundaries in order to be "good", etc.

How to get off this list: Start respecting collective & individual boundaries & stop demanding self-flaggelation / self harm

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

Trolls / TriggerinTehLibz

These are accounts that exist to violate boundaries by deploying 4chan-grade hit-and-run hatred / harassment memes. Likely sockpuppets manufactured in numbers or the fruit of a coordinated campaign, operated by Dark Triad personalities.

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

How to not get on this list:

Be a genuine person, not a sockpuppet, not a cog in some sadist's sick Jigsaw LARP. Get politics that don't come from 4Chan or /r/The_Donald.

How to get off this list: file an appeal. (What constitutes a proper appeal discussed elsewhere)

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

Bitcoin Merchants

Accounts promoting commerce in CryptoCurrencies, Bitcoin, NFTs - often unsolicited.

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

NFT, huh?

Hey, I got an NFT for ya!

No Frickin' Thanks!

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

How to get on this list:

Engage in Profile, Comment Reply, Post, and/or Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Messaging promoting cryptocurrency, BitCoin, NFT or other "virtual currency" or "virtual goods" of a nature that acts as a store or conveyance of value.

How to get off: Stop doing that.

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

The Bucket:

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

This is a blocklist that covers a gap between what BlueSky's Acceptable Use Policies cover at the time of this publication versus sexually expoitative content of a certain nature that should not be on feeds.

Other UCHISPs cover this content under i.e. Sexualisation of Minors.

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

How to get on this list:

Purvey content across the BlueSky service that sexualises minors. Have a reputation for purveying such content. Having a reputation for placing such content in view of people online. Having a verified reputation for using such content for any purpose.

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

How to get off this list: You don't. This is the closest vetted of all lists. Appeals and removals not considered.

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

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For violent hate groups that aren't overlapping with the set of White Identity Extremism (Nazis) blocklistlist & Transphobic blocklist

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

How to get on this list:

Promote violent extremism / violent hatred that isn't ascribable to White Identity Extremism or transphobia.

Uses Behaviour On Platform (BOP) and Wikipedia notability thresholds.

How to get off this list: make a legitimate appeal (appeals process described elsewhere)

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

Clone Wars

Accounts reasonably known to be sockpuppets / throwaways / single purpose / bots / indistinguishable from bots / multiples for block evasion / ban evasion / impersonation, with or without BOP.

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

How to get on it: self-explanatory.

How to get off it: delete the account.

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

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Nazis, i.e. White Identity Extremists / White Identity Extremism.

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

How to get on it:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_n..., including support for Trump / Trumpism / the GOP

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

How to get off it:

Change your ways, make amends, and repent in proportion to the harm you've caused.

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

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Freedom of Association means Freedom FROM Association

For accounts that have violated personal boundaries or community boundaries, such as circumventing a block, evading a ban, terrorism, networked harassment behaviour.

Uses BOP & Wikipedia notability thresholds

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

How to get on it: violate boundaries (including demanding that people who organise to collectively exercise their freedom from association must cease to do so)

How to get off it: file an appropriate appeal (appeals process described elsewhere)

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

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Transphobic

Directing hatred or harassment at transgender people based on identity or vulnerability

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

How to get on it: Transphobic behaviour, either as BOP (Behaviour on Platform) or rising to Wikipedia notability thresholds.

How to get off it: Make an appropriate appeal (appeals process described elsewhere)

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

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Bad Faith

People more concerned with rehabilitating the reputation of fascists than they are with the harm the fascists are doing. They prefer a peace which is the absence of tension to a peace that is the presence of justice.

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

The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting.

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

How to get on it:

Patronise, belittle, dismiss, deny the concerns of people unjustly targeted by fascist government acts; derail discussion or organisation to oppose these acts; defend these acts.

How to get off it: make an appropriate appeal (appeals process described elsewhere)