“Bluesky could be the future of content moderation”.
I 100% disagree.
Yes, the protocol offers a plethora of ways to filter content and ensure you never come across, say, Nazis.
But that’s not what content moderation is. Content moderation is making decisions. It is either welcoming or refusing certain types of content on your platform.
If you’re letting everyone in, and telling your users "but you have control!", you’re not moderating anything. You’re just quitting.
Also, let’s just say that this approach to "content moderation" sounds like Bluesky tried really hard to find a compromise between having the Nazis on the platform, and keeping them off the platform.
They want it both ways.
And that’s a vivid red flag if I've ever seen one.
@nileane an „AppStore for content moderation services“ means people who are regularly targets of abuse need to install an asshole filter from an AppStore? That‘s victim blaming as a technology.
For anyone who is interested in reading what I consider to be an open-minded assessment of today's public version of Bluesky, I read this from Techdirt this morning, and I did find some interesting ideas in it that we should steal (back, in some cases) for the Fedi.
@JustinH@nileane If they don't change this model, it's gonna turn into an absolute disaster. I remember reading about this but had hoped they'd actually solved this by now. Seeing as this was almost a year ago.
Server operators must be able to moderate the content they host and link. Not only morally but they have a legal responsibility.
If #BlueSky is as "open" as they claim, it needs server blocking or a fork. Hiding users is not going to work if bad actors can post all kinds of horrors.
@cragsand@nileane how Bluesky fedrates is different. Your data is hosted on what's called a PDS (Personal Data Server) and a service called the BGS (Big Graph Service now called a Relay) indexes all posts from the many PDS's and creates a firehose. Moderation can be done on the PDS, likely the BGS (Relay), and through the labeling service. Anyone can make a BGS (Relay) and anyone can make a labeling service.
@cragsand@nileane So users who might not like how Bsky moderates can pick a new BGS (Relay) as well as pick a community run labeling service and rely on them to properly label hate groups and the like.
@ekana@nileane
Here's a good post regarding how #BlueSky and the #ATProtocol intends to handle moderation once it starts to federate.
I also reply with some concerns I think NEED to be addressed before it starts.
The current system seems to enable harassment since you can hop relays to evade moderation and pile on victims who are unaware that they're even being targeted.
That is, until the amount of people piling on spills over your filter..
@cragsand@nileane Hey Rudy's one of my mutuals 😁. His write up is very good. On your concern I see what you mean. But as Rudy said, Relays are going to be massively expensive. So there likely will only be one of them. And on harassment you can't see. I understand the feeling, but with so many layers they will get caught. And I honestly don't see a difference then those guys being on there own forum making their nefarious plans about a person.
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