How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
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Ironically, most of the worst accounts I've seen are hosted on mastodon.social.
Most of the Bluesky accounts I don't like are annoying, not scammy or spammy (so many mastodon.social accounts), or malicious.
kolektiva maintains the highest obnoxious/trollish (and therefore blocked) to useful account ratio.
@ricardoharvin @FediTips most of the bluesky accounts I don't like seeing are of the "I want to share this post, but they don't have a CW (bc idt they can?), but if I repost the link it'll direct people off of fedi and onto a centralized site" variety
the posts themselves, the accounts themselves, are usually fine or even good. I just wish they were on fedi proper lol -
How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips Done, thanks!
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@FediTips Thank you very much! This help is very timely. I found out yesterday that my block was incomplete so have been working to fix that. Also, the app I was using did not give you the option of blocking the domain which was a pain in the ass to figure out. Since I'm using the web interface on my laptop, at least the option is there. One account got through yesterday so appreciate the assistance very much!
@FediTips Hey buddy, I checked and have the bridge and the domain blocked. Not sure how that account got through but I have a follow up question if you're able to help. I understand that someone could create and alias account to my profile on Bluski and determine that I've blocked them, is that right?
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips When it still looked like Bsky might turn out okay, and perhaps even federate properly one day, I promoted the bridge. Even used it. But looks like that's not the future they chose.
I still have an account there but it's literally just for work reasons. The worse it gets there the stronger the likelyhood I'll just delete/abandon it entirely.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips Successfully blocked. My next question is, how do I completely block Threads as well?
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips didn't realize that I had been merely muting it, so have just switched to blocking instead.
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@FediTips There isn't any bridging to bluesky unless you actually follow the bridge account. Blocking to avoid bridging is totally useless.
@jorgecandeias @FediTips
That's not as obvious as you might think.I think it's been fixed, but there was this issue with bridgy, noticed a few months ago, where a user who was bridged linked to a post of a user who was not bridged and on bsky the bridged "quote" post (this was pre- supported quote posts) pulled the avatar image of the non-bridged person and blew it up then cropped it resulting in a creepy situation caused by a gap in the bridge logic and some quirk in bsky image processing.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
Done. Thank you.
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@jorgecandeias @FediTips
That's not as obvious as you might think.I think it's been fixed, but there was this issue with bridgy, noticed a few months ago, where a user who was bridged linked to a post of a user who was not bridged and on bsky the bridged "quote" post (this was pre- supported quote posts) pulled the avatar image of the non-bridged person and blew it up then cropped it resulting in a creepy situation caused by a gap in the bridge logic and some quirk in bsky image processing.
@jorgecandeias @FediTips
Had the non-bridged user known this was a possibility they might have chosen to block the bridgy account to reduce the chances of such an occurrence. Not that the onus should have been on them but still, given the occurrence was not intentional it does remind us that defense-in-depth has utility, especially for vulnerable people. -
@jorgecandeias @FediTips
That's not as obvious as you might think.I think it's been fixed, but there was this issue with bridgy, noticed a few months ago, where a user who was bridged linked to a post of a user who was not bridged and on bsky the bridged "quote" post (this was pre- supported quote posts) pulled the avatar image of the non-bridged person and blew it up then cropped it resulting in a creepy situation caused by a gap in the bridge logic and some quirk in bsky image processing.
@virtuous_sloth @FediTips Yes, I know about that. But it was a bug, not a feature. Bugs happen. And it's been fixed.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @federatedsocialnews@channel.org Or you can just not bridge your account in the first place.
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@virtuous_sloth @FediTips Yes, I know about that. But it was a bug, not a feature. Bugs happen. And it's been fixed.
@jorgecandeias @FediTips
We rarely know about bugs until they happen. That's the point. That bug being fixed doesn't help when the next one is revealed. -
How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips
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@virtuous_sloth @FediTips Yes, I know about that. But it was a bug, not a feature. Bugs happen. And it's been fixed.
@jorgecandeias @virtuous_sloth @FediTips
Are you willing to guarantee - on the penalty of death by ICE - that there are no other such "bugs"? -
@jorgecandeias @virtuous_sloth @FediTips
Are you willing to guarantee - on the penalty of death by ICE - that there are no other such "bugs"?@leeloo @virtuous_sloth @FediTips What makes you think I'm within ICE's reach?
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
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@leeloo @virtuous_sloth @FediTips What makes you think I'm within ICE's reach?
@jorgecandeias @virtuous_sloth @FediTips
This is not about you, it's about the people who might follow your advice. If you are willing to risk their life, you should be willing to risk your own. -
How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips Does blocking the domain still work if someone you follow boosts a toot from it?
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@jorgecandeias @virtuous_sloth @FediTips
This is not about you, it's about the people who might follow your advice. If you are willing to risk their life, you should be willing to risk your own.@leeloo @virtuous_sloth @FediTips Sorry, but that's just silly.
People are here on the fediverse, on a network that is inherently unsafe (as all are). Here, bad actors only need to lay low to grab all the information they want from people, as only when they reveal themselves blocking can happen.
And they worry with the tiny little probability of a bug sending their data elsewhere?
Come on. Be real.
Risk exists right here, right now. People should really be well aware of that.
