We're launching a new safety feature to help protect you from malicious links shared in messages. This service will warn or block URLs to keep you safer on Bluesky. 1/4
We're launching a new safety feature to help protect you from malicious links shared in messages. This service will warn or block URLs to keep you safer on Bluesky. 1/4
I’ve been receiving this message from several users - is it legit?
Looks like a scam.
I don't know the parameters of what constitutes a link as "unsafe", but I'm okay with this.
Arigato! 👍
Jessie Gender did nothing wrong
Where did you find the time to build this? You have so many indigenous and Palestinian people to ban.
Are GFM and Chuffed whitelisted, or are you going to use this new feature as a roofing hammer to swing at Palestinian fundraising posts? If you wanted to improve safety you'd be banning Vance, Singal, etc. so we know that's not your priority.
What is the process used for a link to be 'confirmed as malicious or unsafe' Is it a off-site sourced list or internally moderated?
bsky.app/profile/case... You do all of these updates and add these rules to supposedly protect us, yet you won't actually do a thing about bigotry against the trans community.
private accounts would be a better safety feature i think
Are you sure you want to visit x.com ? This website may be potentially harmful to your mental health.
👍
Adttingd polls and post edit feature
Thank you for that
It’s probably more profitable to be less vigilant but thanks for looking out for people using BlueSky. Conscious business practices have become passé in the US.
They ain't looking out for anyone while they're keeping actual nazis around
Who wants to bet that this is another Zionist led initiative to silence Palestinian fundraisers? Aaron does love to punch down on the marginalised (when he's not at work cranking his hog to stolen porn that is).
Please consider limiting the number of follows that one account can do per day, as a way to prevent bots from following everyone Today I was followed by two accounts with the same profile picture that clearly seemed to be a porn bot, given the photo and the link. Neither account had posted anything
Hey, can you have an option to edit posts or replies one day?
Not sure how come the reply is getting more popular… I’m guessing I asked Bluesky to add an edit feature for posts.
Hey, I just wanted to say thank you for keeping me from the opinion and observations of Meryl Streep. I might have become radicalized 🙄 I can make these decisions for myself.
Cool, now ban Vance and stop deleting Palestinian accounts
Something that could help keep us all safer - in a different way - would be knowing if/what environmental policies Bluesky has please? I’ve asked a few times and haven’t heard anything yet. Would appreciate a response please. Cheers!
Can BlueSky Safety help with these blocklists? I've never "follow farmed" and I COUNTER health and climate science mis/disinformation. Yet this account adds me to a block list. THIS is malicious.
Thank you Bluesky Safety🌿💚
As you move forward with more platform safety features, have you given any thought to working with Lantern? www.technologycoalition.org/knowledge-hu...
We will be so happy if you would also take time to stop deleting Gaza's palestinians accounts.
Good!
@greenglider.bsky.social security Thank you, I appreciate this step. It will be especially helpful to those of us who are not tech-wise.👏
Did you seriously do this again? bsky.app/profile/marz...
Still nothing to say about this, huh? Typical. Cowards. (to be clear I am on the side of the person who made a list of harassers to block, not the harassers on the blocklist that you decided to delete because it was "rude" to harassers defending a serial sex pest)
#SpotTheScammer Hey @safety.bsky.app: Many have reported for days now @lightforanimals.bsky.social Ukrainian animal rescue scam. Same PayPal link as *suspended* @chanceforanimal.bsky.social @motherofstraycats.bsky.social scams. Media pirated from Internet. AND IT IS NOT SUSPENDED YET! #cats #dogs
#SpotTheScammer Bluesky is being flooded with 100's of @randomletters starving/sick kid scam bots tag spamming 100's of accounts for money. If these were email spam, I could easily write a server-side regex filter to block them. When is @safety.bsky.app going to create a filter to block these!?
I'm being stalked and harassed by a person @kromonos.net who has been banned many times. This person makes new accounts and labeler accounts daily to stalk and harass me. Can you please do something about it? They're on a new account daily, currently @benjro.bsky.social and @sky-watch.bsky.social
This creep is going after us, too. @bsky.app help. Also, @clearsky.app you seriously need to make an effort to remove lists made by banned users from our records. A lot of these were made by abusers.
Absolutely bonkers. Was talking to someone else about him and apparently he's been banned from all other platforms because he does this everywhere. Sorry you're dealing with this nutter.
Right? We’re not even a big account.
benjro is already suspended :D
such a loser
When are you going to take action against bad faith abusive accounts?
That's marvelous. Thank you!
Thank you!! I was clicking on a tictoc video, but it wanted me to download tic toc first. I won't. I prefer the protection from this app.
These crybaby's in here won't feel safe until you've banned every conservative in here.
Thank you 💙💙💙
👏
Is this a scam? A message purporting to be from you asking for age verification and credit card details? I don't want to give you my credit card details thank you very much. Other people have had this message too.
cool update. now ban the bigots yall are hosting and stop deleting palestinian accounts. you KNOW these are real people looking for help, and your staff are all complicit in killing these folks whenever you take away their accounts.
you could do locked accounts instead of going after people who need support because a rogue state is commiting genocide.
This is a great feature. X had so much spam, glad to see y’all taking safety seriously.
Bluesky: The list below all followed me yesterday. They each appear to be accounts soliciting hundreds of dollars. In my mind Bluesky is not a GFM site.
Thank you very much computer magicians - wi fi warriors- for those of us who can barely figure out the logistics of scrolling- your work is truly appreciated.
Could we get PassKey support for login to enhance the security on BlueStacks?
Thank you. It sounds well thought out, and it arrives just when it’s needed most. Appreciate you!
Thank you. P.S. Nobody wants JD Vance on here.
I must of missed that. Gonna find his account so I can block that idiot.
Just happened this week.
I appreciate it! 👍
Can you protect us from list abuse too?
@safety.bsky.app You have suspended a prominent Ukrainian account, one of the very few that is covering daily russian attacks, as a result of report bombing. Please unban Mira of Kyiv @reshetz.bsky.social
question: why is there no whitesky in feeds list? i keep getting recommended blacksky. its not fair.
Thank you BS. A 'text editor' option would be great.
Then please start with this account. It is cyberstalking people. Thank you. bsky.app/profile/notc...
But you won't protect trans people from TERFs bsky.app/profile/skyw...
ty bluesky safety
What the actual fuck? bsky.app/profile/marz...
One of the better and most basic features you had on Android Mobile app got disabled, i used to regularly copy people's non-english posts so i could feed it into google translate and converse with people abroad, we can no longer copy post-text from the droid app and translation features don't work.
This 👆
Can you do the thing where you long-press the home button to translate what's currently on your screen? That works for me
We need to edit old posts... Please? 🙏
And the edit button…?
This account places inappropriate labels with the intention of ridiculing people. bsky.app/profile/orac... Wasn't there no "trolls" here?
We need the ability to lock our accounts and approve you follows us. Too many random people just follow my account and they trun out to be bots and have to block individually
Yup, that feature is long overdue.
There are still moderation lists you can use, I think… I hope so anyway.
Please ban JD Vance. He only joined the site to antagonize trans people.
Are there any plans to enable us to private our accounts so people have to request to follow or something similar? I've been getting an influx of unrelated and unwanted (possibly spam?) accounts all of sudden that I keep having to block and it's getting overwhelming..
All you're doing is hiding everyone's post. This service is not working out right
😎😎😎🙏👍✌️🫡
hey, reinstate @jessiegender.bsky.social yall wont suspend Jesse Singal for harassment, hate speech, and doxxing of trans people, but you suspend trans people for vaguely wishing ill on a billionaire whose using her money to try to genocide us? bsky.app/profile/clai...
i also wish ill on the billionaire trying to destroy trans people
could yall maybe not do stuff like this: bsky.app/profile/skyw...
The server for Latest From Follows has been down for a few hours. Andy update on when it will be back? Thanks!
Please add No Sharing on interaction permissions
How do I get Bluesky Safety to talk to me & answer an important question ??
I just blocked & deleted a sender that sent that link I had problem with last week. I reported the message with the link.
I do not understand everything. Is there a person I can communicate with to ask questions?
No answer?
🙏
Quando aperto em traduzir o app me direciona para o app tradutor do Google, mas não traduz nada. Na verdade, não aparece o texto que quero traduzir.
Thank you very much!!!
Thank You..
Thank you for keeping my favorite place safe.
I hit translate on the one I received and it said Kyrgystan if that helps. They seem to want our accounts closed by framing us as malicious actors via sending links in our names. In a nutshell.
Danke
🚨if I keep getting unsolicited sexual in my feed I’m outta here. Oh and “see less like this” seems to trigger “see more like this” - is it supposed to work backwards?
How do I get a blocked person to stop adding me to bad lists?? It's a troll!
This is what I am trying to find out. There's a few people creating hit lists of accounts they don't like,and anyone who comments, replies, or likes their posts are being added to the lists, too! How is Bluesky handling this? @safety.bsky.app
Same here! Some of the scam accounts are now relying of their "hit lists" to harass the accounts that are reporting the scams though #SpotTheScammer. @moderation.bsky.app and @safety.bsky.app really needs to fix this problem!
I had someone just do this to me too. I messaged them to report his account but I don’t know what they will do. He put me on a list because I blocked him, because people said he was doing this.
Why am I suddenly flooded with anime crap and wrestling and hyper sexual shit? I’m blocking, and hitting “show less “ etc but wth??? Why does the algorithm think I want that shit I literally never search for or engage with???
When will the “latest from followers” link be fixed?
You really need to have an option to prevent follows like Twitter does at the control of the user. I get plenty of follows that are trolls, fakes -and I block them, but that increases your blocked accts.
how about people who do shit like this? bsky.app/profile/redl...
My question to blue sky team is how do I edit something? I’ve already posted after I found out something was spelled incorrectly, etc. I know how to delete it, but I don’t know how to correct it.
24 days did o miss your answer Bluesky team
Thank you Fine Human Beings! Peace and Prosperity to You!
YET PALESTINIANS AREN'T SAFE FROM YOU.
Thanks for making this safe!
Why did you suspend the account of Jessie Gender while transphobes can thrive here and are given protection when they are called out? You know how much bile they spew on the queer community at large.
how are malicious urls determined?
Fee fees
📌
Thank you 🙏 would locked accounts be another safety feature we can look forward to in the future?
Awesome THANKS!
Newly joined. I do not see a place where I can place an original post. Am I missing something?
The blue circle hovering at the bottom right of your homefeed is the "post" button.
Aha! Thank you.
📌
Thank you.
getPost: post not found
Blue sky is a damned joke. When you want to report somebody, and they want to prevent it, they just block you. When you go to show their post to a BlueSky employee, you can't even post it, or include it in a message. Your idiot software does this:
When you receive a link that's been confirmed as malicious or unsafe, the app will either warn you when you click the link or block the URL entirely. This helps protect you against scams, CSAM, and compromised accounts. 2/4
#SpotTheScammer Hey @safety.bsky.app: Many have reported for days now @lightforanimals.bsky.social Ukrainian animal rescue scam. Same PayPal link as *suspended* @chanceforanimal.bsky.social @motherofstraycats.bsky.social scams. Media pirated from Internet. AND IT IS NOT SUSPENDED YET! #cats #dogs
Bluesky does not read or review your DMs. We gain limited access to messages only when they're reported by a participant in the conversation to conduct a moderation assessment. 3/4
Does this mean that if somebody DMs me a link to scammersite.biz, you - will flag it - won't flag it - only flag it if somebody else it was sent to reports it?
This link safety feature works automatically in the background to protect you from known threats while maintaining your privacy. There is no review of your messages unless you or another participant reports them. 4/4
Ok so why attack a list of people protecting creeps?
Full match or domain block? Last one could cause DDoS like effect, first one easier to evade.
how about you fuckin get rid of the rude label no one fucking likes and do your fuckin job
Way to go!!! Yes, we need an edit button. Thank you!!
Necesitamos un boton de aumentar los caracteres a la hora de postear.
@greenglider.bsky.social Where have my replies been posted? Do I have any right to privacy? I still can’t understand how I came to be in this situation. I’m sorry, I am exhausted and have a doctors appointment tomorrow. I need to leave this conversation and try to get some sleep
bsky.app/profile/joef...
What to do to get off misinformation list?
Hi @safety.bsky.app - just checking in again. Why did you delist @marzgurl.com's block list that many in the anime industry use to filter harassers? Why are you ignoring the literal HUNDREDS at this point who've told you this is important and a good use of the composable moderation you touted?
Not a bad feature. Now when are we gonna get - ability to turn off reposts for individual users - the same keyboard shortcuts as Twitter - the ability to remove yourself from someone's list by simply blocking them - bookmarks
You get more than you pay for with Bluesky already.
You won't ever be able to remove yourself from someone else's list. That's not how Bluesky works on a technical level. Bluesky was built to be billionaire-proof. If a billionaire were to buy the server hosting your account, you can move your account elsewhere. You own and control your own data [1/4]
📌
This means that Bluesky does NOT own/control your data. When you make a post on your profile, there's tech that says "this is really this person and ONLY they can post to this account". If you own the server your profile is on (and you can!), then literally nobody else can touch that data [2/4]
What does this have to do with lists? Well, when someone makes a list, they host it on their profile, which can be hosted on their server. They are the only ones who can modify their profile. You don't have their keys and can't change their list; it's their data and not yours [3/4]
This is also why you can't remove someone who is following you - folks following you are basically adding you to a "follow" list (oversimplified). However, you CAN say "I refuse to give my data to this person", which is what blocking does. It's why there's a nuclear block [4/4]
Nuclear block? Can you explain what that means?
Every interaction you have with someone you block is removed for EVERYONE, not just you. So if you were to block me, both your comment and this comment I'm writing right now would disappear for everyone who reads this thread
📌 Thanks! That's a way easier explanation on the differences between Bsky and Twitter than I was ever able to do. I might link here from time to time, if that's ok. :)
🔖 (list, block)
it works in a browser as well?
I'm gonna piggyback off this since most recent. Is there the ability or plan to eventually remove "list" data from an account that's been banned? There are people that make burner accounts for the sole purpose of harassing users knowing the account will get banned but the mark on targets stays.
It's meaningless in the grand scheme of things but frankly annoying when you get pulled into someone else's internet fight without even realizing it. It appears labelers get scrubbed but not lists, so there's at least some mechanism there.
Cool, thank you! Can you PLEASE add an edit option? And is there any way you can keep people/bots who love to add us to those super annoying or hateful groups/lists off of Bluesky?
Good!
#RePostControl
Cool. Now how about you protect user safety by removing actual nazis from the platform instead of verifying them?
Thank you. I know you’re working hard. Growth is a good problem, but still hard to keep up with!
Thank you. Please consider an edit feature for posts.
Sure does not seem like safety is a concern when valid blocklists are hidden, for a second time.
Way to go!!! Yes, we need an edit button. Thank you!! #CANWNT
bsky.app/profile/snoo... why is this flagged?
Trolling / Harrassing the Disabled and Isolated on Blue -endless porn in my feed. -they re-direct so I don't see MSNBC in my feed -bomb me with spam -one death threat -every trick in the book and I am nobody belong to no organizations disabled, broke... zero purpose to do it #Trolls #Harrassment
Just got my first death threat here on Blue Sky. And another threat....by some business guy plying some grift. This is starting to feel like the old internet I know and love...
endless trolling, endless porn solicitations, fake accounts, every nasty trick in the book.
👍🏾🤘🏾
Is it only the app, or does it extend to the web interface too?
Good question!
You mean like this one that I receive all the damn time? "🚀 Уоu'vе mаdе it! Thе Вluе Ѕку gаtе iѕ ореn јuѕt fоr УОU 🌈 Соmе grаb уоur bаdgе bеfоrе it’ѕ gоnе! ✨ gotothebadge.pro/verify%22 I get several of these a week.
Please observe your own rules banning people from simply opening another account when one has been banned. I have just blocked someone who I know has at least 49 accounts! The following day another 2 or 3.
My Opera browser filters it
I just received this one -- I tried to report the message and the account, please. Thank you.
📌
GREAT!
That’s good, but how about increasing the number of words per post. 300 is not enough.
This sounds splendid like a spot of 100% British made tea ☕️ 🧐
But it’s probably to keep u on the app more, I mean every website does it, it’s just inconvenient to press a YT link on X and it’s all like “Erm are you sure?? This website seems very sussy!! I have never heard of this “Yoo-toob” fellow, no siree!”
While you’re at it, can you stop the sexually explicit posts that keep dumping in my feed? I purposely declined such content in my preferences but It keeps coming. I block, report and hide at least 4 times a day. Annoying and unwanted. Why is any of it allowed?
Stop browsing Discover and follow more of the people you want to see. Find different feeds to follow. You have to do more footwork here.
Yes, I’m doing more of that, but it’s sad that I can’t discover new things without having to wade through pornography. And trust me, I am not a prude. It just does not belong in this kind of social media feed IMO
I keep getting DMs with a link telling me to click to be verified. While getting verified would be nice, I have no idea if I should trust them. So I err on the side of it’s likely a scam.
😍👍🏻
What's happening with "Quiet Posters" ?
Block URLs like the so-called Vice President's account?
So this will be used against Palestinians right? That’s your whole thing after all
Yes Musk is trying to get on here, he is patrolling on Threads, beware.
👍🏼
Can we have an edit button please!
I did figure out that if you highlight your response and click writing tools, you can then click proofread. It will underline suggested edits that you can choose to accept or not. I’d still like an edit button bc I cringe sometimes when I read my response later and see errors.
Thanks!
oh … is this announcement on the same day the US Vice President joins this platform, purely a coincidence?
just let me turn off retweets
That’s actually a good feature, one not available on Facebook when I was there. My friends kept sending malicious links in their messages. I would check outside the app and my only recourse was to block the sender as FB had no support. I deleted FB.
I've been put on 249 lists in the last 24 hours by a previously banned individual and I'm legit scared for my safety. The person stalking me is clearly psychotic. They were banned under the name @kromonos.net @jay.bsky.team @aaron.bsky.team @moderation.bsky.app clearsky.app/primaryradic...
I've been put on an additional 50 lists since making this post, one minute ago. Absolutely unhinged behaviour. They've also stolen my pictures, my bio, and are actively harassing dozens of people on your app. Can you please IP ban this person? @jay.bsky.team @aaron.bsky.team @moderation.bsky.app
Almost at 500 lists now in the last hour, by a single person. Absolutely unhinged behaviour. This person has been permanently banned, and makes new accounts daily and new labeler accounts to stalk and harass lgbtq+ people. @jay.bsky.team @aaron.bsky.team @moderation.bsky.app
817 lists in the last two hours. By the same unhinged stalker. Can I get some help? @safety.bsky.app @jay.bsky.team @aaron.bsky.team @moderation.bsky.app
I have now been added to over 6,000 lists in the last 12 hours by a single psychotic person stalking me. This is @kromonos.net continuing a campaign of harassment against LGBTQ+ people. @jay.bsky.team @aaron.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app @moderation.bsky.app
account suspended^^
Now if only clear sky would clear up the registry lists like they do with labels lol.
I'm being impersonated and harassed by a previously permanently banned account @kromonos.net. They're using my pics, profile, and added me to 100 lists today. They do this every day on new accounts. Please consider IP bans. @kriskhmn.bsky.social @iamnotkromonos.bsky.social @sky-watch.bsky.social
they are doing it to many of us - bluesky needs to stop these fuckers
Thank you can you add an edit option? Also how often do you update friend lists?
Thank you
Thanks. I would like video classes on using this platform - specifically how to create groups to work and collaborate within. Please.
If you gave one shit about user safety, you'd have banned the actual nazi JD vance, who has posted 3 times, all of which were purely transphobic conspiracy theories.
Excellent
❤️🔥
Ban JD Vance and Jesse Singal, and stop deleting accounts of Palestinian people trying to survive an ongoing genocide.
care to explain why y'all keep suspending accounts and never giving them a reason why??
When are you protecting LGBTQ+ people from the malicious, transphobic "writers" on your platform?
Thank you from Canada!
4 3
#🚨 #Breaking: the #webmaster is unavailable until at least #tomorrow after #sunset — and the #countdown starts right now... #🌒 #⏳ @bsky.app #bluesky x a #poster of #snoopy laying on a #pillow with the #words good night sweet #dreams 👇
Good
❤️😘
Please stop deleting my friends' accounts. Going into my DMs and seeing they are gone is upsetting. Trying to find their new account is upsetting. This is a terrible user experience. You are regularly made aware of this fact. And you never have an answer.
I keep getting these. Are they legit? And input from anyone?? Thanks 💙 А littlе gift fоr уоu... Тhе Вluе Ѕку tеаm hаѕ сhоѕеn УОU 🫵 It’ѕ rеаl. It’ѕ реrѕоnаl. It’ѕ limitеd. 💼 Grаb уоur bаdgе nоw: gotothebadge.pro/verify
I got one a couple of days ago and I am unsure about the veracity as well.
Although no one from Bluesky ever responded (sad!!), several users did. They all said they are spam and they lead to problems. I’ve blocked at least 4 different senders.
How about lockable accounts or actually doing something about malicious lists?
Amen.
I just want the ability to confirm whenever a link is clicked so it doesn't open any link for me when I'm just scrolling and BS lags
Consider these features to enhance user experience on this great platform & wipe our memories of other platforms: 1. Bookmarks 2. Search 🔍 for old posts 3. Images in DM 4. Click pic to 🔄 acct 5. Auto alert us when added to starter packs to boost engagement & maximize visibility for best results.
Manually listing 150 people in addition to creating a starter packs [which BTW, have been falling a lot] is too time consuming. Starter packs are useless when people don't know they're listed. App notification is win-win for: USERS=more SP reposts & participation PLATFORM=more active users in app
Agree 💯!
Thanks. They don't respond to users. Even Xshitter 🤮did. It worries me that the only time they contacted me was to suspend my account over a joke about trump and to suspend, then reverse themselves and never told me what they thought I did. They never responded to my reports of serious harassment
There's been a recent rash of DMs from people appearing to suggest they're blue sky staffers, or connected with @ bsky in their handles. The DMs say congrats! You've been... I forget the rest. I wait a week for a follow up, then block them. Anyone else get them? bsky.app/profile/safe...
This is the type of scam the safety team was referring to when they say they are now, actively blocking harmful, scammy URL's in DM's. bsky.app/profile/figs...
This scam will hijack your followers list and virally DM all of them under your name. Your account will be suspended, and you basically have to start over.
I block before reading the crap now
#Same 🤜🏽🤛🏼
Yes! I have reported several in the past few weeks! It is a phishing scheme to get people to share their log in credentials! BS ought to alert people to this! And stop it! A bunch of bots I guess!
Thanks Bridget! Besides breaking my no DM rule [or instant block] for which I gave them a week to see what else developed, I ultimately thought if they were legit, blue sky would have posted on my TL not DM.
Yes- ignored my no DM statement as well. Creeps
It's a yuge bugger that ppl who are old enough to sign up for a blue sky account w|o mumsy's permission don't get how big a no no it is to do the ONE THING you ask them NOT to the moment you follow back! It's a gianormous red flag that they don't respect boundaries. To whom is that attractive? 😒
I think starter packs are the best thing that's ever happened to social media platforms. My compliments to the creator & I think he should win awards I'm sure such a genius can send notifications to those listed. Manually listing 150 names kills the fun I heard abt listification. Is that a thing?
Thank you ☺️
This is going to fuck over Palestinians even more isn't it
You need to do something about the false reporting on here. Please immediately restore my blocklist to visibility, there's nothing wrong with it.
Trolls at it again, trying to block me off of Blue Sky entirely. Constantly, constant harassment. Clear same trolls, using different identities. Thanks for your help.
Trolls at it again, trying to block me off of Blue Sky entirely.
My client wants to add a Bluesky logo to her blog - do you you have downloadable assets available?
Strongly encourage your client to reconsider joining a platform that chooses to host actual nazis
Danke!
I hate to be one of "those" people, but I sent a harassment ticket to your Zendesk THIRTY DAYS AGO and it has gone acknowledged. Can you *please* have a look at it?
Thank you Bluesky!