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John Scalzi
@scalzi.com

"Don't Engage, Just Block" absolutely IS the Bluesky motto. The notion of a "Bluesky Elder" is vaguely ridiculous but the ONE THING that we oldheads are good for is telling the new folks that blocking without engagement is praxis, and encouraging them to do it early and often.

Nic Lake@niclake.me

"Don't Engage, Just Block" should be the Bluesky motto. We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.

Patrick Frawley
@geisty.bsky.social

What, you don’t like flipping through the first few posts in an account and thinking, “Why yes, this person is a genuine cretin and threat to everyone’s mental well-being”? I’ll double-check once in a while to be sure about dismissal but have yet to change my mind.

Paul Philion
@acmerocket.com

Different standards, Pat. I’m not here to find cretins or devil’s advocates. I’m here to chill. And anyone I don’t want in my feed is gone. Feel free to block who you want, buddy. No shame.

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Patrick Frawley
@geisty.bsky.social

Oh, totally with you on this. I like this little conceptual space and want to keep it as cretin-free as possible - and have the block list to prove it. Most are an easy block at first mention. Once in a while it’s like, “Am I reading this person right…okay, yeah, [button].”