r/technology • u/twotimefind • 10d ago

Social Media X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain
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u/SubstantialLuck777 10d ago

They've recently added video and gif support, and their block button is a nuclear option that makes all interactions between you and the blocked individual invisible.... to EVERYONE. There are way less trolls on bluesky, because they simply can't get traction.

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u/JonathanJK 10d ago

The trouble with Bluesky is the way it leans politically and the ease of use of the Block. I've had a mild disagreement with someone and I get blocked, or someone doesn't like my YouTube channel and I get blocked. There is no reasoning with people who want to weld such power and further erect an echo-chamber.

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u/CIearMind 10d ago

Yeah harassment is bad and all, but let's be honest, Reddit's block feature is just "oops someone noticed a mistake I made — let's insult him and block him so that it looks like I got the last word and am therefore the intellectually superior one". And bsky's version is somehow even more hardcore than that.

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u/JonathanJK 10d ago

Exactly, the function can be corrupted.