[steveklabnik]

I hear you on some level. That said, we are already seeing people creating blocklists, and tools to share them with others. That is happening alongside the company's investment in paying people to work on T&S related issues on their instance.

I am not sure if it will succeed or fail, but I am interested to see how it plays out.

[j-james]

That relies upon the benevolence of corporations to much more of an extent than I am comfortable with. 20 years of social media has convinced me that that's a bad idea. And, I think, it removes much of the benefits of federation: if the only way to sustainably moderate is to rely upon gifts from BlueSky Inc., moderation is going to be necessarily dependent upon them.

[steveklabnik]

To me, the company moderating their instance feels like additional moderation capacity, rather than replacing it.

I don't believe I subscribe to any blocklists on BlueSky. If I end up doing so, it is much more likely to be one run by someone I trust than by a company. Having the option of either seems worthwhile to me.

[dorfsmay]

Blacklists feel more like reinforcing the echo chamber than moderation.

[steveklabnik]

Then you are free to not subscribe to any of them, and see every post. It is under your control.

[sneak]

A lot of the popular users subscribe to the blocklists uncritically. It breaks the UX of the site if you get placed on one.

[archagon]

Users are not entitled to the dissemination of their opinions. Either you let users block other users or you will turn your site into a cesspit.

[sneak]

No, I am talking about as a reader. If you are blocked, you cannot follow threads, even if you never post.

[shkkmo]

As the plaform matures so will the blocklist ecosystem. Hopefully blocklists with good appeal mechanisms will win mindshare.