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Startup admin: stevetownsend0.bsky.social
Appeals: [email protected]
Follow for PSAs
Committed to no use of !hide !warn etc outside illegality
Startup admin: stevetownsend0.bsky.social
Appeals: [email protected]
Follow for PSAs
Committed to no use of !hide !warn etc outside illegality
One new auto-label rule catches a whole raft of localized websites on this domain news-front dot su.
Even if we don't get to the accounts quickly, all future content linking here will be labeled real-time.
Even if we don't get to the accounts quickly, all future content linking here will be labeled real-time.
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
One new auto-label rule catches a whole raft of localized websites on this domain news-front dot su.
Even if we don't get to the accounts quickly, all future content linking here will be labeled real-time.
Even if we don't get to the accounts quickly, all future content linking here will be labeled real-time.
On community moderation and free speech. I wrote a lot about this.
bsky.app/profile/pef-...
TLDR: You cannot stop hate speech online, but you can avoid it if you choose.
This does not excuse bsky moderation allowing the 'de*th to Israel' crowd free rein, by the way.
bsky.app/profile/pef-...
TLDR: You cannot stop hate speech online, but you can avoid it if you choose.
This does not excuse bsky moderation allowing the 'de*th to Israel' crowd free rein, by the way.
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
On community moderation and free speech. I wrote a lot about this.
bsky.app/profile/pef-...
TLDR: You cannot stop hate speech online, but you can avoid it if you choose.
This does not excuse bsky moderation allowing the 'de*th to Israel' crowd free rein, by the way.
bsky.app/profile/pef-...
TLDR: You cannot stop hate speech online, but you can avoid it if you choose.
This does not excuse bsky moderation allowing the 'de*th to Israel' crowd free rein, by the way.
Any link to Fox News gets this label, because the network only exists to spread trump regime propaganda.
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Any link to Fox News gets this label, because the network only exists to spread trump regime propaganda.
A lot of them are labeled now. Here is why: partisan lies. Going forward this one will be labeled too.
The Kremlin and the White House are equally reliable sources of truth under Project 2025/MAGA.
The Kremlin and the White House are equally reliable sources of truth under Project 2025/MAGA.
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A lot of them are labeled now. Here is why: partisan lies. Going forward this one will be labeled too.
The Kremlin and the White House are equally reliable sources of truth under Project 2025/MAGA.
The Kremlin and the White House are equally reliable sources of truth under Project 2025/MAGA.
Based on this report, the new *account* is now labeled as well as the Telegram channels in *its posts*
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Based on this report, the new *account* is now labeled as well as the Telegram channels in *its posts*
The labels are applied near-realtime, based on string matching on all traffic on the platform 'firehose'.
When I add a new rule, it gets picked up within a couple of minutes. Active rules for some of these channels are shown below.
When I add a new rule, it gets picked up within a couple of minutes. Active rules for some of these channels are shown below.
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The labels are applied near-realtime, based on string matching on all traffic on the platform 'firehose'.
When I add a new rule, it gets picked up within a couple of minutes. Active rules for some of these channels are shown below.
When I add a new rule, it gets picked up within a couple of minutes. Active rules for some of these channels are shown below.
Any link to Telegram is already labeled because the platform is pro-russian, despite Durov's play-acting pretence of neutrality.
Here, you can see the first post is a new Telegram account. I will add that to the ruleset.
The second post's TG channel was already known, and is marked disinfo-link.
Here, you can see the first post is a new Telegram account. I will add that to the ruleset.
The second post's TG channel was already known, and is marked disinfo-link.
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Any link to Telegram is already labeled because the platform is pro-russian, despite Durov's play-acting pretence of neutrality.
Here, you can see the first post is a new Telegram account. I will add that to the ruleset.
The second post's TG channel was already known, and is marked disinfo-link.
Here, you can see the first post is a new Telegram account. I will add that to the ruleset.
The second post's TG channel was already known, and is marked disinfo-link.
it's for these posts.
I spent hours yesterday labeling antisemitic slurs, because the Palestine "supporters" were out in force gloating over October 7th.
In bulk labeling passes sometimes I miss accounts that are using them ironically, or otherwise not as a slur.
Your account is fixed now.
I spent hours yesterday labeling antisemitic slurs, because the Palestine "supporters" were out in force gloating over October 7th.
In bulk labeling passes sometimes I miss accounts that are using them ironically, or otherwise not as a slur.
Your account is fixed now.
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
it's for these posts.
I spent hours yesterday labeling antisemitic slurs, because the Palestine "supporters" were out in force gloating over October 7th.
In bulk labeling passes sometimes I miss accounts that are using them ironically, or otherwise not as a slur.
Your account is fixed now.
I spent hours yesterday labeling antisemitic slurs, because the Palestine "supporters" were out in force gloating over October 7th.
In bulk labeling passes sometimes I miss accounts that are using them ironically, or otherwise not as a slur.
Your account is fixed now.
here is this one as labeled
October 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
here is this one as labeled
Incidentally, it's surprising that this violent individual has not been banned by bsky, just because he keeps the tone civil here.
Extreme Marxist-Leninists are just as bad as anything the far right has on X.
Extreme Marxist-Leninists are just as bad as anything the far right has on X.
September 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Incidentally, it's surprising that this violent individual has not been banned by bsky, just because he keeps the tone civil here.
Extreme Marxist-Leninists are just as bad as anything the far right has on X.
Extreme Marxist-Leninists are just as bad as anything the far right has on X.
Bluesky's layered moderation is poorly understood.
E.g. a labeler's labels can be set individually to "Off", and then that label won't affect your view at all.
It's also different from blocking in that labels can apply to post, profile or account. Almost all my automated labels are post-level.
E.g. a labeler's labels can be set individually to "Off", and then that label won't affect your view at all.
It's also different from blocking in that labels can apply to post, profile or account. Almost all my automated labels are post-level.
July 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Bluesky's layered moderation is poorly understood.
E.g. a labeler's labels can be set individually to "Off", and then that label won't affect your view at all.
It's also different from blocking in that labels can apply to post, profile or account. Almost all my automated labels are post-level.
E.g. a labeler's labels can be set individually to "Off", and then that label won't affect your view at all.
It's also different from blocking in that labels can apply to post, profile or account. Almost all my automated labels are post-level.
We have no "follow farming" label and have never actioned your account. This must be another labeler.
Per Clearsky, this is confirmed as below:
Per Clearsky, this is confirmed as below:
June 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We have no "follow farming" label and have never actioned your account. This must be another labeler.
Per Clearsky, this is confirmed as below:
Per Clearsky, this is confirmed as below:
All content containing direct or indirect web-links to Meta platforms or X get a label, to highlight the broad continued use of pro-fascist social media.
In this case, the link-chain leads to the museum's YouTube profile, and that's where the links are seen.
In this case, the link-chain leads to the museum's YouTube profile, and that's where the links are seen.
May 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
All content containing direct or indirect web-links to Meta platforms or X get a label, to highlight the broad continued use of pro-fascist social media.
In this case, the link-chain leads to the museum's YouTube profile, and that's where the links are seen.
In this case, the link-chain leads to the museum's YouTube profile, and that's where the links are seen.
anti-Israel polemic, including repost of content by the violent lunatic Bad Empanada, which is enough to get a label all by itself, regardless of the antisemitic content in this instance
May 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
anti-Israel polemic, including repost of content by the violent lunatic Bad Empanada, which is enough to get a label all by itself, regardless of the antisemitic content in this instance
You already posted the UNESCO video linked directly - that's a better source than wionews, which posts junk like this alongside some factual content.
May 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
You already posted the UNESCO video linked directly - that's a better source than wionews, which posts junk like this alongside some factual content.
2. wionews is a bad faith pseudo news site. This ser vice labels all links to it. The label can be explained by clicking on it like this.
May 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
2. wionews is a bad faith pseudo news site. This ser vice labels all links to it. The label can be explained by clicking on it like this.
There are two separate things here.
1. you are blocked by the person who made the original post to which you replied with a link to wionews. That is nothing to do with this moderation service.
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1. you are blocked by the person who made the original post to which you replied with a link to wionews. That is nothing to do with this moderation service.
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May 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
There are two separate things here.
1. you are blocked by the person who made the original post to which you replied with a link to wionews. That is nothing to do with this moderation service.
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1. you are blocked by the person who made the original post to which you replied with a link to wionews. That is nothing to do with this moderation service.
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ofc your account is nothing like that. This was a one-off, and it's understandable people might double seeing 'whitehouse dot gov' and other US government sites labeled as disinfo. But here we are: they most definitely are.
May 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
ofc your account is nothing like that. This was a one-off, and it's understandable people might double seeing 'whitehouse dot gov' and other US government sites labeled as disinfo. But here we are: they most definitely are.
Youtube creators. And so on
April 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Youtube creators. And so on
medical and other anit-science disinfo
April 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
medical and other anit-science disinfo
general disinfo partial list
April 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
general disinfo partial list
2. report as usual, selecting the report targets you wish at the end of the reporting UX.
[I am not sure whether initial screen target selection makes any difference].
Please do not use slurs in comments. Cannot fight hate with hate.
[I am not sure whether initial screen target selection makes any difference].
Please do not use slurs in comments. Cannot fight hate with hate.
April 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
2. report as usual, selecting the report targets you wish at the end of the reporting UX.
[I am not sure whether initial screen target selection makes any difference].
Please do not use slurs in comments. Cannot fight hate with hate.
[I am not sure whether initial screen target selection makes any difference].
Please do not use slurs in comments. Cannot fight hate with hate.
1. subscribe to moderation service
April 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
1. subscribe to moderation service