BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so โ€“ over Johnny Cash lyrics.
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You caught a temporary ban. So have I.

Calm down
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Can I turn your phrase and say, BlueSky is a good site abused by bad people? All social media sites wind up in the hands of abusers who scalp or clip people who post on them. Glad you're back.
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โ€œDisappearedโ€ is a wildly disrespectful way to describe a short term ban. Actual desaparecidos exist.
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โ€œDisappearedโ€ is a real choice considering that real people are actually getting disappeared off our streets and you got a temporary ban from a social media site.
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TIL.
What has happened to BlueSky?
I thought it was a good site run by good ppl.
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"disappeared" ma'am do you hear yourself
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On the other site, election night (morning really of the next day), Trump declared victory and I quite literally just QUOTED Trump. Twitter permabanned me. I appealed each day for months on principle, and around March or April was reinstated. But I never felt... disappeared? Just pissed.
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"Disappeared" is a HORRIBLE & extremely silly choice of words.
Having a social media account suspended or banned can be upsetting, but *actual humans are being actually disappeared daily* in this country and your Bluesky suspension is meaningless in comparison.

Gain some fkn perspective, will you?
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So that was a crass Johnny Cash crashout. Blue skies have become mostly cloudly with a chance for rain.
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It feels like Bsky is the new Xitter. But I'm hearing similar comments about Substack now, which makes sense - a social media war against 'the libs' by the Trump regime.
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Bluesky admins/mods are totally lost. They're actively making the service worse.

These replies are a good list of accounts to block. At least there's that.
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"Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons."

...Maybe you wanna rephrase that? I get that having big parts of your digital footprint erased on bullshit grounds totally sucks, but at a time when ICE & CBP roam the streets, "be disappeared" means something else. You studied Stalin, right?
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I can tell you from personal experience that Twitter has done it too.
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Back when I had an account on Xitter, I got a suspend for suggesting Kanye West was mentally handicapped (which he obviously is). Also for suggesting a petulant Canadian politician hold his breath till he turns blue to get what he wants. That was twigged as encouragement for self harm.
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Main character syndrome is not a good look. Bluesky moderation sucks ass. You know what else sucks ass? Using the term "disappeared" knowing what it actually means right now in time. Maybe read the room. 1/
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I think it sucks and was uncalled for that you were suspended for 3 days. I also think this diatribe is going to do the opposite of what you think. /End
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You weren't disappeared, you got a three day suspension from a website. Love your work but this is some desperate online cope.
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No, actually, you asshole, this is an accurate account of what actually *happened*.
And if you're too dumb to understand why it's really important, maybe you should go do some work on that.
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Sure Iโ€™ll get flamed here, they missed the context obviously and your point went over their heads, but your words could definitely be read as problematic.

Not saying they handled this well or are even with how they moderate, but that is also important part of the context.
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You're saying Johnny Cash is problematic?
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Your use of the word โ€œflamedโ€ is a clear threat of arson
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Yes, quoting the absolutely best known Johnny Cash lyrics as a response to an article about Johnny Cash is completely unparseable.
Vs.
The moderation team headed by a Nazi transphobe who runs defense for his pedophile pals banned a leftist writer with the flimsiest excuse ever.

Occam is very clear.
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Oh, to be as innocently gullible as you are... ๐Ÿ˜ฉ
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"disappeared"? Seriously?

Bluesky moderation definitely sucks right now and you've done good work but this framing is insane. Get a fucking grip.
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oh my god sarah you were not โ€œdisappearedโ€
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you are a liar and are framing this way off from what you posted. "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die". like come on; you were banned cause you typed you wanted to shoot someone and watch them die

it was just a song reference bro!
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i don't agree with the ban because bans shouldn't really exist when it's just rude posts or threatening people; there is a labeller for that
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Also, bring back Link!
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Get over yourself
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Speaking of, substack is egregiously bad & run by really awful people
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Saying you want to kill someone is considered pretty actionable on most social media sites and expecting mods to investigate context is a big ask. Maybe just accept that you weren't clear that you were paraphrasing song lyrics and avoid posting in a similar way going forward.
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the mods are infants... idiots behind a keyboard with as much ability for comprehension as a dead cat
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On the other site I got suspended for quoting Shakespeare

โ€œFirst letโ€™s ___ lawyersโ€

tbh itโ€™s kind of a badge of honor

My other suspension was when Clarence Thomas was taken to the hospital and that kind of splashed over to me
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You got suspended for 3 days, not disappeared to CECOT. Grow the fuck up.
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come on over to the Fediverse anytime
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It was so dumb. Glad you're back!!!
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The ban was very much justified.
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And lol now I have a label on my post that says Twitter screenshot. Twitter is beyond dead, it's X, and also it's a BLUESKY screenshot. ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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the rules have to be designed so someone working in their second language with no cultural context can enforce them. stop tweeting death threats and you'll be fine.
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I wish I could read what this post says, but unfortunately the person who read it has been disappeared. Alas!
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I join those suggesting Mastodon/the Fediverse. (I further suggest being on an EU or other non-US based server.).
Meanwhile, something easy and simple is click follow Bridgy - @ap.brid.gy which will automatically set up so your posts on bluesky can be ready on the Fediverse.
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Relax you whiny shrill
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Most sites. A new platform is on the horizon. Iโ€™ve seen it. I love it.
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โ€œ disappearedโ€ gurl you had a digital timeout at a time when people literally are being black bagged into unmarked vans ! INSANE self obsessed maybe ?!
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"Disappeared"? Using that term to describe being shut out of a fucking social media site while real people are actually being disappeared to blackout sites is psychotic. Get some help.
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Even TikTok has ways to appeal, a process. The problems can be solvedโ€”but they are not solving them.
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I got permabanned from Reddit (was able to appeal for reinstatement) but could see my full post history and messages for those two weeks. Bans without a way to access or delete your own history are such bullshit.
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People are actually getting disappeared and you post this shit complaining about a fucking temp ban. I wasnโ€™t really in for dunking on you before, but making yourself out to be a huge martyr right now is embarrassing as fuck for you.
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Well, but Cash shot a man in Renoโ€ฆtheres that ;)
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I'm sympathetic but disappeared is a bit wild, contemporaneously speaking.

And for anyone who wants to protect their data, get a PDS or sign up for zapier/IFTTT, at least it's possible here.

*longing for true federation*
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you ain't disappeared, you're still in QAmerica.
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disappeared?
are you trying to get a book deal out of a bad joke and a 3 day social media ban
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May I recommend @heycafe.bsky.social and (once it officially opens) @gandersocial.bsky.social as additional backup options? Both are Canadian-based, if that's useful to you.
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Oh Jesus Christ.
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Then why are you still in the nazi blog site?
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Please tell me sheโ€™s joking with this.
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Disappeared??
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Get a fucking grip
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Just a thought, if people are reprimanding you for a word, it means you need to learn to be more careful for future reference.

I think it's weird to frame it as disappearing considering the IRL situation + being disingenuous about the ban. Do better next time please.
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Somehow, I never quite believed BlueSky was going to be a "safe" space. I'm sad that your experience is what confirms it. Glad you're back.
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Maybe if you didn't lie and/or threaten people this wouldn't happen. We all invite you to leave and if not, at least post the truth without raging violence.

Maybe X would be better for you.
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'disappeared'.
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Your use of "disappeared" to describe a short suspension is really fucking offensive given what the word means historically
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Trump is a pedophile. And part of a pedophile sex syndicate that includes allot of billionaires and their minions.

That is all we need to consider.
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i also love posting lyrics
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Disappeared like they came over to your house and kidnapped you? Oh wait - nothing like that at all? Just a little posters timeout?
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Chill out. You got what, a 3 day suspension? And you're making such a fuzz about it?
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"I should have the right to post whatever I want on a privately-owned website without fear of consequence. Especially since I have absolutely no other ways to disseminate my thoughts & opinions."
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You weren't disappeared, though, right?
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โŒ sarahkendzior.bsky.social is NOT running on an independent PDS, and is hosted via inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network.
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I got hit with an unexplained permaban from Twitzerland *before* fuckface bought it. The appeals process was useless. So I know your pain.

Welcome back!
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Not sure โ€œdisappearedโ€ is the best nomenclature here. I am sympathetic to your timeout as that happened to me with a poorly worded โ€œthrown under the bus jokeโ€ years ago butโ€ฆ.
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You were not 'disappeared'. You were suspended, questionably, by likely very dumb rules. Kindly do not use a word that has real, visceral meaning to describe your experience.
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I have been suspended from basically every social media site a handful of times and you know what? I spent the time with friends, cooking something nice, going to the park, reading, etc. If you think "being disappeared" and catching a 72 hr ban are the same, you have a severe social media addiction
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As an undocumented immigrant, I would gently suggest that you use any other term other than disappeared to describe a temporary suspension. Or even a ban.

You have another large platform. People would hear from you again.
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Mmm, I broadly agree that your suspension (and the recent one of Patton Oswalt) was bullshit, but "getting disappeared" is a wild way to frame it, considering the *gestures vaguely at America*

I've gotten three 24's in the last few months and I'm taking them as merit badges for posting too good
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No todos los usuarios de esta pรกgina son guiris
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Welcome back..๐Ÿ™
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Actual people are actually being disappeared in this country. Have some perspective and basic social media common sense.
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For real. Using a "being disappeared" rhetoric about being banned for a couple days from a website is truly, truly fucking disgusting and staggeringly solipsistic. Absolutely fucking outrageous shitty behavior.
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I made a Running Man reference towards a government official and Bluesky literally sent it to the FBI, so maybe the fascist mods with zero pop culture knowledge can catch a little heat? As a treat?
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BlueSky could have shared a screenshot of my tweet showing the Oct 10 timestamp and that I was using Johnny Cash lyrics to quote-tweet about an article on Johnny Cash. Instead, they made it look like I issued a random death threat and falsely claimed I posted it this week. They should apologize.
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I bet they don't know the lyrics to Sir Tom Jones' great hit, "Delilah" either.
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Yes they should apologize but they wont. Which does not bode well for the health f the platform.
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Glad you are back.
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They didn't say you posted it this week: they said you posted 11/10. In Ireland where the Bluesky head of Trust And Safety is that's 11 October. They later said they meant 10/10; either they made a mistake about the date or it was a time zone issue. And they say there was a month delay responding.
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Ironically, I joined BlueSky to have a back-up of information I had posted on Twitter in case I was banned from there. In the end, it was BlueSky who banned me. I now have to spend my time saving I anything of value that I posted here and not elsewhere.
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They definitely came up with that after the fact and tried to ban you for an unspecified reason

Patton Oswald is gonna be suspended in a month if that was actually the reason
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But we know they won't.

I honestly lack the words to describe just how deeply unintelligent their entire staff demonstrably is. It's the only explanation for believing they're fooling anyone with these 'moderation' 'decisions' and 'justifications.'
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Jeezus go back to Twitter where this kind of shit plays
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I post that a certain corporation should eat shit and d--! And they doxed me for 24 hours. They considered it a threat to a person...
I responded that I didn't consider a corporation a person...

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This is crazy I talked to two mods and no one said it was a quote tweet or provided context.
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Blisk not Tweet! Iโ€™ll even accept blusk. Please, we deserve our own wordโ€ฆ
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Twitter regular suspends/bans without showing the what for.

Bluesky has its problems but compared to the other options my experience here has been much better
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You should consider suing them for ONE BILLION DOLLARS.
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I'm having trouble understanding why while you seem to have be reinstated, you seem to be committed to getting banned again.

Bluesky is magnitudes better than X, the only alternative.

Maybe you should just take the Win, and calm down.
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Shame on BluSky!!

So glad to see you here. YOU are the voice of Truth and Reason!!!
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jhc, get over it already.
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I've been on social media for 18-19 years, and Meta Facebook has banned links to my blog, ExTwitter has suspended my accounts twice, but I expect BlueSky will get around to effery at some point too. Your situation certainly highlights the danger.

Mastodon remains the superior platform.
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I was sent to Facebook jail last year for posting "kill the filibuster"

Our AI overlords aren't caught up on the vagaries of human communication.
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please grow tf up, youre talking like a libertarian over here acting like a temp suspension is a human rights violation
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People are literally being disappeared for real in this country and this is the language you use for a three day website suspension? I thought BlueSkyโ€™s reaction to your post was over the top, but you should know better
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Maโ€™am there are people being disappeared from our streets and whisked away to god knows where by DHS every single day. You had to spend 72 hours not posting. Touch fucking grass.
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I just "disappeared" you with the mute button. Please don't call the cops
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Agreed. They shadowban Me I suppose because I bothered one of their moderators. How do I know? I look at folk with far fewer followers than myself and far greater response levels.
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Same! Just happened to me, too. After confronting and/or blocking hinky looking accounts that shadow me in real-time and randomly repost inocuous posts of mine within seconds of my posting them. Because I'm #antifa 4-eva, I suppose.
youtu.be/SyUtQjMFnz0?si=iINogyX0vFmY7Nh4
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