@_elena

The very same applies to the Fediverse, by the way: When blocking someone, that information is relayed to the instance where the blocked account is hosted. While this is not typically publicly visible, malicious instances know who blocked some of their members and can of course use that information.

(We internally used the amount of blocks as a hint to which local account to investigate, but it‘s at present not worth the hassle.)

@stux I just tested it. Yes, you are right: I have to search for a blocked account on Bsky and then I can read it. They don't have this login-wall like other platforms.
Thanks, I learnt something new!

@_elena

@bastardsheep It’s always felt like a path to bullying people. Either by giving grief to people for who is in their block list or creating awfully named lists and putting people in it. In the past I’ve seen list names that feel like it’s named in such a way they hope the people in the list see it.

@bastardsheep As far as I know I’m not on a list so who knows maybe when you’re added you’re notified. I would not know.

@sl007 I fundamentally agree with you and that’s why I stopped using Bluesky. But I’m trying not to be too divisive and not to alienate people who enjoy it. Otherwise they will dismiss everything I ever say about Bluesky, warnings and whatnot

@fds I’ve seen a lot of block shaming too. It’s such a bad decision.

@NatureMC @_elena Yup! And with Mastodon and other Fedi software (most) you could ‘hide’ it behind a auth check

Not sure why they do it that way though

@_elena Really sorry and disappointed that so many still stay on that shitty platform. I actively refuse to boost anything from bluesky. Jack Dorsey's a shitbag Nazi fellater just like Musk Zuck all of them.

@_elena @sloanlance Block lists seem to damp that down, at least so far. I'm subscribed to several. Also, given the number of people blocking ICE, and other government sites, harassers will be busy.

@_elena @pluralistic I found I had already blocked it through one of the lists I’m subscribed to.

Anyway, blocking the gestapo is the minor or the sins they would find in my TL.

@_elena the best bet is to delete bluesky.

@grb090423 @_elena @hyperreal I’m thinking I need to do this too.

@_elena It’s kinda scrary, with the right tools one can get a lot of info on people this way

Maybe not direct but many indirect can also lead to that I guess

@donhawkins I would recommend keeping the account inactive / deleting the app instead to avoid username squatting.

I learned the hard way with X - I used Twitter for 14 years and just mere days after deleting 3 accounts, my usernames were immediately seized

@_elena Deary me… a certain vice president is NOT popular on that platform.

The 24h list is handy if you want a list of accounts to add to your blocklist. I couldn't care less if they see me blocking them, I'm not one of their citizens and not on their soil.

@stux @_elena

People would be genuinely surprised how easy that is to trace things back to them even with the "pseudonymized data". Sure it doesn't contain your name, but it still details (for example)

- Age range
- Rough location
- Interests
- Known associations

Guess how trivial it becomes to correlate that back to an individual? Age range and rough location are known data-points for governments (census) soooo, yeah. Easy-peasy unfortunately

@_elena I had one Birdsite account, deleted it, never revisited … why should I care if the account name is reused over there now?

@_elena@mastodon.social #Bluesky is a horrible Platform. Everyone please abandon it.

@nazokiyoubinbou @u_urban @_elena When Donald Trump originally said that he would ban TikTok, where did people begin their migration?

An equivalent to TikTok owned by the Chinese government: RedNote.

The average consumer does not do a lot of thinking, research, or care really.

@donhawkins the risk of impersonation