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Private School Labeler on Bluesky

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36 points tosh | 2 comments | 22 Nov 24 17:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.586s | source
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teruakohatu ◴[22 Nov 24 18:30 UTC] No.42216215[source]▶
> On the one hand, there are clearly opportunities for abuse here. But given the opt-in nature of the labelers, this doesn't feel hugely different to someone creating a separate webpage full of information about Bluesky profiles.

It requires very little imagination to see how this could be abused. Does the bluesky client also display labellers a user subscribes to?

Then at least it would work in both directions and it would be obvious who is using a labeller to label people for distasteful reasons.

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simonw ◴[22 Nov 24 18:47 UTC] No.42216347[source]▶
I'm afraid you're going to need to spell it out to me. What are the opportunities for abuse here that aren't already present in the form of private WhatsApp groups or shared Google Docs with lists of accounts and abusive notes about them?

I'm not saying there aren't any, but my imagination hasn't been able to come up with anything more than "it makes it slightly more convenient for co-ordinated harrassers to remember who they were planning on harrassing".

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1. efsavage ◴[22 Nov 24 19:24 UTC] No.42216659[source]▶
I think there's more than a quantitative difference between "slightly more convenient" and "with no effort". A centrally maintained list of labelled "enemies" that you get forever with a click is materially different than having to research people who gave you a reason to do so.
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2. r00fus ◴[22 Nov 24 21:45 UTC] No.42217618[source]▶
Using your logic, a shared blocklist could also be a way to "harass" people.