Bluesky T&S have shat the bed and basically told all trans people on the site to go fuck themselves.
I've turned off my fediverse-bluesky bridge. Still have the capability to crosspost there, but I'm not planning to now. Am getting better engagement here anyway.
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt@goatsarah
Yep. I also turned off my Fediverse-Bluesky bridge as soon as it became clear Jesse Singal would be tolerated. And deleted my other account I was following a few trans folk on
We know where this is leading, though it will be spun
@marlies@tacobelllabs.net@Natasha_Jay @goatsarah i feel like it’s inevitable for a vc-backed platform, by definition prioritizing growth over everything else, to throw us under the bus. Which is why I like fedi so much.
@Natasha_Jay @goatsarah @marlies what does vc backed mean? Thank you for this discussion. I was on Bluesky and saw this happening. It was alarming.
@goatsarah @marlies @Natasha_Jay thank you, Sarah! I was wondering if those who own the site are just hoping to populate it with content at any cost so that it can be sold on- or whatever. The vibe there is very different.
@marlies@tacobelllabs.net@AllysonShaw @goatsarah @Natasha_Jay you’re spot on, that’s usually the venture capital tactic: get something to grow fast no matter what the cost (financial, ethical or otherwise) and then cash out by either selling it or an IPO (making it a public company traded at a stock exchange)
@goatsarah @marlies @Natasha_Jay I just wondered why no one on Bluesky is talking about this-there seems to be a single minded focus on replicating ‘the old Twitter’ rather than considering the future of that platform.
@AllysonShaw [wandering.shop] @Natasha_Jay [tech.lgbt] @marlies [tacobelllabs.net] They basically have no business model beyond “create a pool of content which someone will pay for”.
And generating harassment drives engagement, so it’s not in their interest to clamp down too hard on it. Their ideal strategy is “slightly less harassment than Twitter”
@goatsarah @Natasha_Jay @marlies right- there’s obviously a lot of engagement just going on about this ‘dilemma’- I just peeked in there because I have friends who now only use that platform. It’s so messed up. Thanks for helping clarify this.
@Natasha_Jay @goatsarah I bookmarked bridgy to follow up, but that’s redundant now
@Natasha_Jay@grissallia
I had hopes and was playing around with it
The fact I post fairly freely here about life, selfies etc, means I don't consider it safe to bridge outwards to Bluesky
Also I'm hearing about kiwifarms bots from friends ...
Definitely halting the experiment
@Natasha_Jay ewwwww kiwifarms bots 
yeah, nah. @grissallia
@Natasha_Jay there was a vibe to Bluesky that was different to Masto. I feel like Masto leads to longer, more thoughtful posting, but BS had that rapid-fire quippy energy that Twitter used to do so well.
@Natasha_Jay@grissallia
I've been a huge fan since I joined two years ago. The vibe here is very different and safe. I'd like to have interacted with a few people on BSky I know who won't come here but ... 