Bluesky @bsky.app

Today, we’re releasing starter packs — personalized invites that allow you to bring friends directly into your slice of Bluesky! 🚀 Update to version 1.87 of the app or refresh desktop to create a starter pack. (It may take a moment for version 1.87 to appear in the iOS App/Google Play stores.)

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Matt Ferrel 🍦 @mattferrel.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:18 UTC

📌

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nugGUI @awethebird.neocities.org [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:27 UTC

Cool. How do I make starter packs

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Bluesky @bsky.app [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:27 UTC

With starter packs, recommend custom feeds and suggested users to your friends. Help people with similar interests find each other on Bluesky. Create a starter pack by visiting the new tab on your profile!

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🌴Del🦈 || Team Seafoam @delshark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:36 UTC

Make it feeds only, otherwise it's just a MySpace clique feature and that's socially unhealthy af.

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Erica "digifox" Kovac @digifox.binaryden.net [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:00 UTC

this is a very cool idea! Good work folks!

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Jordan Brown 📝 @robotortoise.com [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:33 UTC

This is really really really cool - like a "you're into the same things I am, so I'll show you what I like to use this site for" thing. I love this!

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hroar @hroar.dog [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:58 UTC

Nice. When will we see video support?

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Chaiah @chaiah.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 23:48 UTC

What is a Starter Pack?

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Unchained Threnody @hex.ooo [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:08 UTC

Love avenues for targeted harassment which I can't remove myself from! You guys never fail to deliver

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Jorge Rivera Marín @jlrmarin.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:47 UTC

If I show up in someone's starter pack, you should ask management for a refund

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"Recently Juiced" Garak Tailor (She/They) $640/$700 @comfortingmoo.online [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:32 UTC

Lmao

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Daniel 🕊 @dlvienna.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:38 UTC

In play store already. Thanks!

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OracularHades @oracularhades.com [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:36 UTC

invites, we could never leave you

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Alexandre Plennevaux 🇧🇪 🇪🇺 @pixeline.be [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 23:52 UTC

I don't get the difference between a custom list and a starter pack. Isn't it the same thing, just packaged differently ? @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @mackuba.eu

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̡̢҉̲̗͓̬͈̯̝̝͉͝3̶̴͍̀͞ @zethxm.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:07 UTC

get rid of this shit

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Chip bitney @fragboner.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 23:27 UTC

Oh cool :’(

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 17:42 UTC

The new “introduce bad actors to accounts to harass” feature has launched. Jesus titty-fucking Christ how do you manage to lack *this* level of foresight? It’s almost impressive.

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Beren, da Lúthien 🍃 @beren.pessoas.dev [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:57 UTC

Ok, but videos

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Siddeley Genet @sergalprojects.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:11 UTC

Wow, this is... a feature almost literally tailor-made to make it even easier for brand new sock-puppet or brigading accounts to amplify targeting against specific users, and you can't even opt out of it.

@pfrazee.com - Could you please give someone a reality check?

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122 Music Management @122musicmanagement.com [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 08:43 UTC

Unfortunately, I can't find anywhere on my desktop profile or app where I can set one up 😢

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Ervo @ervo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:18 UTC

@furryli.st can this be useful for new furry users??

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Chuck Martin 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @chuck-martin.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 23:21 UTC

This? This is prioritized over an iPad app?

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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 11:20 UTC

How can you stop this being a targeted harassment list? Can people remove themselves from these starter packs? Can people prevent their accounts from being added to starter packs?

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jeff boyardee @skeet.best [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:39 UTC

cool, here's one I just made

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(Mike) Draco 🧙🏻‍♂️ @dmdraco.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:01 UTC

I spy @astrokatie.com

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Southern Violet @southernviolet.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:21 UTC

You need a user controlled opt out from all of them for eternity button. This isn't safe for anyone not a cishet white male.

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High How Are You, Rat @fractus.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 00:00 UTC

No one wants this. This is gonna make automated dogpiling even easier.

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Spicy Red @redafterdark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 08:55 UTC

So how do we opt out? We can opt out, right?

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@norintha.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 16:47 UTC

So fucking stupid.

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Lauren McKenzie [free 🇵🇸] @themckenziest.gay [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

Yikes. Yes. You really really need a social media manager. I’ll do it. I don’t wanna. But I will. I have way too much experience and I’m super autistic (extremely obsessed with fairness)

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Buhari Abdulkadir @dangaladima.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 23:22 UTC

When verified badge 📛??

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Horrendous Squelch Sounds @bulubane.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 06:14 UTC

I’d be more into doing community led promotion if the bloody iOS app didn’t arbitrarily rotate and resize when you’re trying to use it in landscape.

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💖 Cady Heron 💖 @heroncadyxd2.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

Can you add the ability to post videos here (Like with Twitter and Instagram)

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bekki boom @bekki.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 06:11 UTC

Ooh I bet all the Nazis on here will find this really useful for inviting more of their Nazi friends so they can frolic together with no consequences.

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Monica Rose @monicarose.ca [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 23:48 UTC

will these get moved off of our profile and into our settings in a future update? i think its a brilliant update especially for on boarding, but i dont always want to promote it

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Shane @shanehanderson.com [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:13 UTC

possible bug, if you start clicking the follow button next to people in the list then happen to click the Follow All button (because you missed it the first time) it will toggle off all the individual ones you clicked.

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Mat Savage @mat-savage.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:08 UTC

@blowdart.me imagine the custom beans starter pack you could make

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Possum Punks @possumpunks.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 13:02 UTC

Please give users the option to remove ourselves from starter packs. Sending a dm to someone using it as a harassment tool is pointless and relying on reports is a waste of everyone's time.

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Catfisher of Men @mormonpartyboat.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:54 UTC

can users remove deactivated accounts from their starter packs

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Jerbear @nahuel.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:20 UTC

Holy shit that’s so dool

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John Breen @acab.dad [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:50 UTC

Hi, I’m considering deactivating my account until you allow us to opt out of being able to be added to these starter packs. I know I’m just one person, but this feature will be used to harass marginalized people unless you let people opt out of this. Same goes for mute/block lists

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Repute 🔞 @repute.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:49 UTC

Still waiting for proper gif/video support (tenor isn't good enough) and trends...

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Anatoly Cherdanko @analdank.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:40 UTC

I don’t want my friends to see the unhinged shit I post on here lol

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Rad O'Brien, Chief Engineer @picardsteacup.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:46 UTC

Why am I not suggested 🤨

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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 19:48 UTC

@shrinkthinks.bsky.social ^^^

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Samuel Santaella @samuelsantaella.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 20:11 UTC

On day 1 I successfully created a Starter Pack, but today I was unable to create another one or edit an existing one, on Android and desktop. When I click "Finish" or "Skip" on the third "Choose Feeds" screen, it interrupts me with the warning shown below.

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ㅤ @ignjojo.com [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:32 UTC

These are literally the only people I see in my discover feed and I have no clue who they are.

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WM @wintermutejf.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:29 UTC

For a second I got scared this was an AI thing but is actually pretty cool

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Bryan Al'Meara @bryanalmeara.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:41 UTC

Cool idea, frankly I'd have preferred group DMs before something like this. There are so many people holding back on moving here until group DMs are available.

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donghua flealong glycine @fleabttn.com [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:35 UTC

this is neat

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EssayWells @essaywells.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 17:12 UTC

You have made the error of assuming only nice people will use this feature. You have to let people: Remove themselves from a pack; Opt out of being in packs in general; As a minimum. Otherwise you built a harassment engine.

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Huge Hassle @hughjassle.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:54 UTC

Wow, what new bespoke vectors for harassment y'all have wrought. First order of business is creating a starter pack of all the BSky Devs called "People it's OK to bully"

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:10 UTC

This rules

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ana(ïs) pascal @anais.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:36 UTC

make @glitterburrito.bsky.social your social media manager please

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Brainworm Enjoyer @misterfungi.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:28 UTC

what if i don’t have any friends outside out bluesky? you should make an app that invites people to my house

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Jamie Bellinger @jamie.photo [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:44 UTC

This is a terrible, terrible idea.

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@dushanc.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:18 UTC

Great

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Justin Carr @justinkcarr.com [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:39 UTC

what the fuck

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CINEMA SCAPE📽️🍿 @moviemogul.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:12 UTC

This looks amazing

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Iman 🏞➡️🌊 🍉🕊 @imanisthere.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:48 UTC

Instead of releasing these dumbass gimmicks that will be pretty useless maybe spend more time removing the spam labels from Palestinian accounts you absolute clowns from hell

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BruceG @moosens.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:02 UTC

Not good. Need a way to stop brigading and prevent groups from mass following or at least allow us to approve followers.

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Septum carnem Rectum 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 🇵🇸 @quinn666.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:03 UTC

If I had any friends, I wouldn't be on bluesky

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Michael Druker 💙💛 @mdruker.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 00:15 UTC

Can you make starter pack links open in the app if you’re logged in? Otherwise it’s hard to see the details of what you might be linking

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eLaLiM @elalim.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 04:46 UTC

👍

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Death_by_Democracy 🇵🇸 🇾🇪 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🍉 @deathbydemocracy.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 13:45 UTC

I would be great if you could do something about your broken moderation service.

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BluesHiroshima @blueshiroshima.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 06:14 UTC

I saw the avatar for "The Onion" and instantly thought it was April Fools' Day...

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:41 UTC

Is there any way to opt out of being added to a starter pack?

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Ursula Thoese @uthoese.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:50 UTC

📌

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Alireza Rahmani @alirezarahmani2004.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:28 UTC

Oh nice.

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AM (Amber Mitchell) @thisisam.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

Oops

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Spookums 🦖 @everspookums.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:04 UTC

Some people won't want to be included, an influx of brand new accounts following you can sometimes cause issues. I see in the blog there is no way to opt out. Is this something that can be added in the future?

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Theo in Arlington @adamtheo.com [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:54 UTC

This is a great new feature! Innovative, too! I like to see things which are not direct copies of Twitter features now.

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✯✯✯ @ghostcherubim.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 22:10 UTC

cool

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Jaeseok Lee @joyfulman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 08:58 UTC

Does Bluesky plan to support two-factor authentication for accounts in the future?

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:40 UTC

Hey @astrokatie.com

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Redregon @redregon.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:24 UTC

Please, PLEASE no.

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Shidder Mob @shiddermob.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:33 UTC

Video posts next please 🙏

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­　　　　　　　　　the　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　­　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　postes @rem.postes.club [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:41 UTC

it just says “failed to create starter pack”

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 23:47 UTC

Y’all didn’t think this through, didja?

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iquanyin @iquanyin.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:06 UTC

when do we get bookmarks? when do we get an edit function? people have been asking for these for a long time.

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iquanyin @iquanyin.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:06 UTC

i think it’s a good idea but it needs a bit more work. a button that remove you and prevents you from being re-added is a biggie.

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iquanyin @iquanyin.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:02 UTC

when i clicked on one (law pack) i got this

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Tenser's Herniated Disc @catwizard.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:45 UTC

I mean if you are going to do this, you might as well do a full loot box and pay us if someone pulls us.

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🏳️‍⚧️🍰Tasha♥️💄👠 @tashaglam.gay [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:39 UTC

Bluesky becomes better than twitter.

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EL is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:01 UTC

This is open to a lot of abuse. Users need a safe, non-confrontational way to opt out of being added to starter packs.

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@blue82.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 05:15 UTC

Side note, why is Newsmax on here?

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Ra's al Dolezal @senatorivy.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:37 UTC

So we can create a "starter pack" in our profiles but we cant make feeds there?

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jess m. ☁️ @jam-etc.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:59 UTC

Can we elect to remove ourselves from these?

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Kinew @kinew.wtf [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:34 UTC

Hey, my friends want proper moderation, Nazis and pedophiles banned off the site not just slapped with a no consequences label, and proper safety and privacy controls like locked accounts, is there a starter pack for this out there?

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@doncuan.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:49 UTC

Now i need to learn again

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Nugget Anget @nuggett.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:56 UTC

📌

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2amcoffee @2amcoffee.butt.dance [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:46 UTC

I want to opt out of this. I don't want to be recommended blindly by people whom I may not be following back.

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Serenity Now! @cpo10za.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:53 UTC

This should be opt-in for each “friend” account someone wants to include in their “Starter Pack”. Seems like it could easily be abused if anyone can just add anyone else’s account to their “Starter Pack”.

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Pat @parisdog.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:08 UTC

📌

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Matt K @greyfox.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 17:20 UTC

Unless there's a checkbox on our profiles to retroactively opt out of this, you guys just created an amazing tool for brigading accounts that anyone can easily abuse the hell out of.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:39 UTC

Ha! Neat!!

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Chace Verity @chaceverity.com [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:58 UTC

is there a particular reason we can't opt out, or...

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polishedrelish 🇵🇸 @polishedrelish.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 07:40 UTC

haha wow it's just like the epic wholesome 100 meme

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Steve Uncle @the-barely-jew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:31 UTC

Want your friends to be as miserable as you are? Include me!

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