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Bluesky is ushering in a pick-your-own algorithm era of social media

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190 points amichail | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 12:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.402s | source
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hntempacct99 ◴[20 Nov 24 15:16 UTC] No.42194606[source]▶
From what I have seen using Bluesky this isn't true at all. It's brutally censored, even more than Twitter was in 2021. Or are there other relays and appviews I can use that aren't? Is there a comprehensive list of Bluesky infrastructure that isn't run by Bluesky themselves (excluding a PDS)? Or is it totally centralized for now?
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nick_ ◴[20 Nov 24 15:19 UTC] No.42194628[source]▶
What brutal censorship have you observed?
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okeuro49 ◴[20 Nov 24 15:23 UTC] No.42194662[source]▶
https://bsky.app/profile/realbabylonbee.bsky.social
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vehemenz ◴[20 Nov 24 15:27 UTC] No.42194707[source]▶
Censorship and moderation aren't the same thing. Cmon folks, this comes up once a month on HN.
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steveoscaro ◴[20 Nov 24 15:46 UTC] No.42194940[source]▶
This is such a weird logical hoop that that so many people are eager to jump through.
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1. happytoexplain ◴[20 Nov 24 15:54 UTC] No.42195057[source]▶
It's a pretty understandable semantic argument, where tons of people are going to be irrationally biased in whichever of the two directions suits them on a given example.

I.e. it's not really "weird", is my point.

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2. PittleyDunkin ◴[20 Nov 24 16:04 UTC] No.42195201[source]▶
Sorry, which two directions? Surely you can have more than two distinct opinions on how to best handle moderation. Which is a fatal flaw to the twitter "community notes" feature, too.