How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:

[beachcomber@social.leecalvin.xyz]

@FediTips Look at me being ahead of the curve.

[klu9@ohai.social]

@loki_bass @FediTips

#Bluesky verified an account for US Immigration & Customs Enforcement, so even more people here want even less to do with Bluesky.

[david@setouchi.social]

@FediTips And why would you want to do that?

This is silly.

[david@setouchi.social]

@loki_bass @FediTips People being paranoid and not understanding how the bridge works, once again... It happens every six months or so.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@loki_bass

Bluesky started hosting the Trump regime's ICE, so a lot of people asked how they can stop seeing Bluesky accounts bridged to Mastodon.

I did this post as there was so much demand to find out how to do this.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@David

No.

Instead of being patronising, you could pay attention to Bluesky hosting ICE, and respect people's wishes to have absolutely nothing to do with such a Nazi-welcoming platform.

[david@setouchi.social]

@FediTips Seriously, that doesn't make a lick of sense.

You're not blocking Bluesky (you can't, it doesn't communicate with the Fediverse), you're blocking the bridge.
What is the purpose apart from virtue signaling?

If a Fediverse account is not bridged, no one on the Bluesky side can see it.

Bluesky accounts bridged into the Fediverse allow them to be seen on the Fediverse. If you don't want to see a Bluesky account in the Fediverse, don't follow any. As simple as that.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@David

People asked me how to do this, I am telling them. That's what my account is for.

"What is the purpose apart from virtue signaling?"

Show some respect for people's choices instead of using a phrase more associated with the far right.

"If you don't want to see a Bluesky account in the Fediverse, don't follow any. As simple as that."

No it isn't. If Bluesky accounts are bridged into your server you will see them pop up elsewhere, even if you don't follow them.

[flockofcats@famichiki.jp]

@David @FediTips

I think this would also prevent bridged Bluesky accounts you follow from being boosted into your feed

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@dragonfrog

I had a number of people asking me one or both of these:

-How do they stop seeing Bluesky accounts?

-How do they stop their account being bridged, they bridged a while ago but forgot about it and didn't know what to do to stop it.

As there were many requests about it, I thought I'd do a post that covers both.

[david@setouchi.social]

@FediTips I mean, I'd like to not be patronizing but you're not helping when posting something like this.

Blocking the bridge is not blocking Bluesky. It does nothing on the Bluesky side, and all it does on the side of something doing it is preventing them from seeing posts from people on Bluesky who bridged here (i.e. who don't disregard the Fediverse and who want to communicate with it).

How does it help or do anything?

Are all Bluesky users guilty by association?

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@David

"all it does on the side of something doing it is preventing them from seeing posts from people on Bluesky who bridged here"

That's what people were asking me how to do.

"Are all Bluesky users guilty by association?"

By that logic, there should never be blocking of any server. Is that what you're calling for?

My take is that any server which willingly hosts and verifies fascist death squads should be defederated. You're free to federate with such servers if you want to.

[david@setouchi.social]

@FediTips I feel more and more that your account is for advising people to use the Fediverse the way YOU like it.

Or if I ask how to bridge your account to Bluesky, you will also post a thread about this to explain it to the people?

How about communication with Threads? Can you explain it please? I'm a bit unsure about it.

And "virtue signaling" means what it means, I'm not sure why this expression shouldn't be used when it's appropriate?

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@dragonfrog

Incidentally, what you say isn't true about websites.

My websites have been bridged to Bluesky by brid.gy without my knowledge or permission. They use my logos and everything, as if I'd signed up.

This is shitty behaviour by brid.gy.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@David

"I feel more and more that your account is for advising people to use the Fediverse the way YOU like it."

They asked me for the advice I posted. Are you saying I shoudn't give people advice when they ask for it?

"How about communication with Threads?"

Meta's dangerous approach to moderation has been linked to several genocides (e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence ), so again I'd advise people to defederate it.

I've been saying this for years.

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[david@setouchi.social]

@FediTips Honestly? Yes, blocking servers is not something that should be done except with rare exceptions.

"Blocking" Bluesky (or rather the bridge) is no different from those who block mastodon.social.

And I'm still confused as to why people are so upset at the verification thing. Are people still confusing it with a seal of approval or something? If anything, it makes the account easier to block and prevents from blocking a parody account by mistake.

[radundtat@berlin.social]

@David @FediTips "Virtue signaling" is a derogatory term used by the right to dismiss those who talk about their life choices as snobs or ideological zealots. It is an attempt to turn personal preferences into a blemish on a person's character. You are not doing yourself any favours by using the term.

[jannem@fosstodon.org]

@David @FediTips
If somebody wants to block bluesky so they never see a post from there, this description specifies how to do that.

It's not up to you or me to tell anybody how they should enjoy their time in the fediverse.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@David

I am an unpaid volunteer trying to do my bit against the rise of fascism.

The reason I give up most of my spare time running my accounts and sites is to help people onto platforms that aren't owned and run by pro-fascist billionaires.

"And virtue signaling means what it means"

It's a meaningless phrase with its origins in the far right, which attempts to dismiss sincere concern for other human beings as somehow fake or staged. If you use it, this is what you imply.

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[zeborah@mastodon.nz]

@David "all it does on the side of something doing it is preventing them from seeing posts from people on Bluesky who bridged here"

Yes. That's the point. Obviously there are technical differences between other instances and bridged platforms but for practical purposes that's what people mean when they say "block". That's what people are wanting to do, and so @FediTips is explaining how to do it.