I’ve been warning people about these block lists being passed around for bluesky for months, finally I just posted about it last month. The tragic thing is that a lot of times these dubious block lists (and follow lists) that are sketchy and manipulative for various reasons, are often disseminated by unwitting celebrities or otherwise famous people, as was the case in the unnamed example I first came across I think about 8 years ago - and that’s why I don’t name them, because I’m still not sure if they were tricked into promoting blocking people, or if maybe they’d just included people who they personally didn’t like in a list misrepresented, or who knows. But it immediately made me realize the real potential for weaponising block lists!!
I’ve been warning people about these block lists being passed around for bluesky for months, finally I just posted about it last month. The tragic thing is that a lot of times these dubious block lists (and follow lists) that are sketchy and manipulative for various reasons, are often disseminated by unwitting celebrities or otherwise famous people, as was the case in the unnamed example I first came across I think about 8 years ago - and that’s why I don’t name them, because I’m still not sure if they were tricked into promoting blocking people, or if maybe they’d just included people who they personally didn’t like in a list misrepresented, or who knows. But it immediately made me realize the real potential for weaponising block lists!!
https://chloehumbert.substack.com/p/grass-is-not-much-greener-on-blue-sky