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Bluesky T&S have shat the bed and basically told all trans people on the site to go fuck themselves.

I've turned off my fediverse-bluesky bridge. Still have the capability to crosspost there, but I'm not planning to now. Am getting better engagement here anyway.

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Rachel Lawson
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Rachel Lawson
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huh? What have they said??
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Sarah Brown
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@Rachel Lawson "Yeah, Jesse Singal is sharing screenshots of people who have blocked him, by doing block evasion to do it, but he's posting them on Twitter, not here, so we're going to pretend that it isn't happening"
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Joanna 🏳️‍⚧️
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Joanna 🏳️‍⚧️
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the inability to even go private there is making me think I might actually have to delete my account if things get too bad
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marlies
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@Natasha_Jay i feel like it’s inevitable for a vc-backed platform, by definition prioritizing growth over everything else, to throw us under the bus. Which is why I like fedi so much.
@Natasha Jay 🇪🇺
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kay
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@rochelimit @rachel Handle of the so-called scrote?
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Allie
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@Natasha_Jay I bookmarked bridgy to follow up, but that’s redundant now
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The Drop Bear 2.0
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@Natasha_Jay ewwwww kiwifarms bots 😬 yeah, nah. @grissallia
@Natasha Jay 🇪🇺 @Allie
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Allie
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@Natasha_Jay there was a vibe to Bluesky that was different to Masto. I feel like Masto leads to longer, more thoughtful posting, but BS had that rapid-fire quippy energy that Twitter used to do so well.
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Viral Obscurity
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the more I hear about the shit show that's happening over there, the more I'm glad that I decided to stay away
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Ainsley Lowbeer
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How do you turn it off?
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Sarah Brown
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@Ainsley Lowbeer You’re on Mastodon. Not sure how helpful this will be to you, given that, but it was under Settings->Social Networks->Bluesky Import/Export
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Rachel Lawson
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@rochelimit @krims oh right. Never heard of her before.
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Sarah Brown
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@Roche Limit @Rachel Lawson @krims “views”

Yes. It’s definitely his views, and not that fact that he’s using block evasion to share screenshots of trans Bluesky users with Kiwi Farms.

Dear god, fucking journalists.

@Roche Limit @Rachel Lawson @kay
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Sarah Brown
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@RussianDeepStateSock once again we find out the hard way that if you aren’t paying for the service, then you are the product. This place is the only place where we’re safe from that, I think, because we are paying for it. It’s often running on our own goddam services.
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Allyson Shaw
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@Natasha_Jay @marlies what does vc backed mean? Thank you for this discussion. I was on Bluesky and saw this happening. It was alarming.
@Natasha Jay 🇪🇺 @marlies
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Allyson Shaw
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@marlies @Natasha_Jay thank you, Sarah! I was wondering if those who own the site are just hoping to populate it with content at any cost so that it can be sold on- or whatever. The vibe there is very different.
@Natasha Jay 🇪🇺 @marlies
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marlies
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@AllysonShaw @Natasha_Jay you’re spot on, that’s usually the venture capital tactic: get something to grow fast no matter what the cost (financial, ethical or otherwise) and then cash out by either selling it or an IPO (making it a public company traded at a stock exchange)
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Sarah Brown
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@Allyson Shaw @Natasha Jay 🇪🇺 @marlies They basically have no business model beyond “create a pool of content which someone will pay for”.

And generating harassment drives engagement, so it’s not in their interest to clamp down too hard on it. Their ideal strategy is “slightly less harassment than Twitter”

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Rachel Lawson
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@rochelimit @krims are they likely to enhance my life? If not, what’s the point in caring about them??
@Roche Limit @kay
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Sarah Brown
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@Rachel Lawson @Roche Limit @krims Because they want to hurt you, and are responsible for lots of the things that have likely already made your life harder than it needed to be, and knowing who wants you hurt or dead is kinda necessary, if unpleasant.

It’s a bit like a mouse not knowing what a cat is.

@Roche Limit @Rachel Lawson @kay
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Allyson Shaw
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@marlies @Natasha_Jay I just wondered why no one on Bluesky is talking about this-there seems to be a single minded focus on replicating ‘the old Twitter’ rather than considering the future of that platform.
@Natasha Jay 🇪🇺 @marlies
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Allyson Shaw
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@Natasha_Jay @marlies right- there’s obviously a lot of engagement just going on about this ‘dilemma’- I just peeked in there because I have friends who now only use that platform. It’s so messed up. Thanks for helping clarify this.
@Natasha Jay 🇪🇺 @marlies
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