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by PenisBanana 577 days ago
> If you don't want Bluesky to hide anything for you, go to the moderation settings on your account and turn everything off.

That is really the crux of what is going on here. This is the N-th example of someone being auto-banned from bluesky due to saying "there are only two sexes"; "excess death rates are up by 10%" or other non-permitted thoughts/speech.

... and the user only (?) has to change a moderation setting (?) and then all would (have been) well ?!

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They weren't banned. Their post will be hidden by default behind a warning (a "click here to see" sort of thing); users who disable such hiding will just see it without clicking.
They were banned.

https://bsky.app/profile/realendwokeness.bsky.social

"This profile has been flagged: Content Blocked. Go back."

That's what you see if not logged in. There's no option to see the profile or post. Perhaps if someone logs in and changes the default it becomes visible, (or maybe not), but it's effectively banned.

Another user on the thread says they posted "Woke up today blessed that Trump is my president" and five minutes later:

https://bsky.app/profile/tankblades.bsky.social

"Not found. Account has been suspended."

That's far more aggressive than any other website.

And this is exactly what people mean, when they say that this account spreads misinformation.
But this wasn't about saying "there are only two sexes".