An important PSA for people who are active on #Bluesky and who, upon hearing that the ICE account was officially verified, are saying: "I will just block it."

An important PSA for people who are active on #Bluesky and who, upon hearing that the ICE account was officially verified, are saying: "I will just block it."

Blocking on Bluesky is NOT PRIVATE: it's very easy to see who is blocking any account by visiting sites that list that information.

I took a screenshot from https://clearsky.app, listing all the accounts that are blocking ICE (I pixelated avatars and usernames for privacy purposes).

The safest bet is to mute (that info is private)

@_elena
Better:
Leave for a better neighbourhood

@_elena Great advice ️

@_elena I will never understand this decision. I’ve seen people say it’s just due to how ATProtocol works. But surely there’s a way they could have implemented blocks and have them private.

@u_urban @_elena I feel like all the people who went to Bluesky because Twitter died and became the rabid zombie X learned precisely nothing. It is inevitable that Bluesky will hurt them too, but they will not go to Mastodon because any of a number of silly reasons they'll fight tooth and nail not to let go of.

I suppose a Redsky will open up and they'll go to it, then it will go bad and then a Puke Green Sky will open up and they'll go to that, and then a Gangrene Sky will open...

I'm well aware that posting this info on the Fediverse seems like a pointless exercise, but it's to raise awareness and spread the word to people active in BOTH places.

I was never really active on #Bluesky and entirely stopped using it months ago but there's no point in posting this info there because I have zero reach. Or rather: 1100+ followers and 1-2 likes (at best!) and zero comments for any post. It's like I'm shadow-banned.

If you use it and enjoy it no judgement but please be safe!

@_elena Good catch! I'll share a link to this post on Bsky.

(Plot twist Puke Green Sky was actually Gangrene Sky all along. People were tricked!)

@hyperreal thanks. I actually blocked the bridge months ago, so feel free to share a screenshot if it works better

@_elena

BSky is:

- centralized
- US based
- owned by a mini-big-tech-bro

Just forget it and let’s focus on the good things in life.

@_elena @hyperreal How to block the bridge? Thanks!

@_elena Thanks for posting here. I’m active on both and appreciate the heads up on this!

@_elena
There is no privacy on bluesky or any other application hosted in US.
US government can request data anytime.

@strght

see here…

Dave Rahardja (@drahardja@sfba.social)

@blogdiva@mastodon.social Posting for reference for others on #Mastodon: To stop sharing your posts to Bluesky: 1. Find the user [at]bsky.brid.gy[at]bsky.brid.gy (Type the user in the search box and click the Profiles matching… button) 2. Block the user [at]bsky.brid.gy[at]bsky.brid.gy 3. Click the Preferences button on the sidebar 4. Go to Account/Authorized apps 5. Revoke access for Bridgy, if it exists. To stop seeing posts from Bluesky: 1. Find any user whose address ends with …[at]bsky.brid.gy (You can type bsky.brid.gy in the search box and click the Profiles matching… button) 2. Click on the user name to reveal their profile page 3. Click the ••• button 4. Click Block domain bsky.brid.gy 5. Click Block server To verify that you’ve done it, click the ••• More button on the right sidebar and click Blocked domains. You should see bsky.brid.gy there. #bluesky #defederate #block Blog post for convenience: https://www.humancode.us/2026/01/16/stop-bridging-bluesky.html

SFBA.social (sfba.social)

@UlrikeHahn

@_elena That was the reason for deleting my account 5 minutes before.

@_elena

Damn. Hopefully this gets a wave of people to quit bluesky and join fedi - if ICE was on fedi, the majority of decent instance hosts would just block them outright, so their users wouldn't have to worry.

@smattymatty indeed 🥲

@aaronmccollum thank you Aaron

@_elena I'm not sure if blocking the bridge also blocks linked posts. As far as I can tell on my Bsky account the link to your OP that I shared on Bsky still resolves correctly. Maybe blocking the bridge is a different thing. Or I don't know lol.