[frumplestlatz]

Case in point. "Everyone to the right of Marx is a Nazi" seems to be the rallying cry of their moderation strategy and user base.

Which is fine -- build what you want to be a part of -- but don't pretend it's the neutral position.

[pfraze]

What about the moderation strategy indicates that?

[frumplestlatz]

Try participating in discussions with a politically disapproved position and see how fast you're shadow-banned.

And no, I'm not talking about "1939 Germany" views.

[pfraze]

Did that happen to you, or to anybody you can point to?

[slater]

I think we're just, once again, speed-running the "which opinions, mfer" goose meme.

[elsonrodriguez]

I wanted to play devil's advocate here, but unfortunately did find an example of a "politically disapproved position" in frumple's post history:

"The deportations will continue regardless of the tantrums of the hysterical and mentally ill."

Which ironically is similar to some "1939 Germany" views.

[frumplestlatz]

Are you claiming that enforcing existing 2026 U.S. immigration law -- developed through decades of bipartisan agreement and consistent with policies in other liberal democracies -- is in any way comparable to 1939 Germany and their systematic murder of millions?

That comparison is precisely the problem: it distorts history, inflates moral claims, and shuts down serious discussion.

This is also largely the standard level of rhetoric on Bluesky, which is fine -- but manufactured consensus on a heavily moderated platform is not the same thing as factual or moral authority.

[philipallstar]

1939 Germany wanted to do the invading, not combat it.

[frumplestlatz]

Yes. I realize I’m speaking with a Bluesky employee, and to be clear, you’re not really the audience to which I’m appealing. I don’t expect anyone working at the platform to disagree with the ideological framework under which it operates -- or even to recognize it -- and that’s fine. But let’s not pretend it’s neutral or balanced.

[THX1137]

Really? Anecdotal as well, but I see tonnes of liberals and similar free market oriented people all over that website... I wonder if whether our preferences are giving us different impressions of the user base?

[repeekad]

The primary differentiator for me is that bsky does not have a central algorithm, you only see content from people you follow or explicitly go looking for. Yes the "top today" overall feed is very left biased, but the default is an empty feed that you have to populate yourself.

You can't complain about content on bluesky because unlike every other platform you must choose which feeds you use.