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Yeah, hang in with me here, I’m only a single dev that worked on this. Trying to make sure I don’t misspeak or speak for the other folks who worked on this. I understand this sentiment and I want to give you the answer you want to hear. The simplest context I can give you is this

I need more time to work on link handling actually so that we _don’t_ just slap an icon on it and call it good

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If you’re having trouble because you’re unsure whether or not the global powers that be are doing enough to limit adult websites and that you need to add your own restrictions on top of the existing ones then it may helpful to consult sex workers when making these decisions. :-)

I feel like if this is the case you guys (as in the dev team) really should have delayed this rollout until this was already figured out, like this has soured a lot of people on what would otherwise be a genuinely good feature/update. (Not blaming you personally here, in case it comes off as such)

Is there any reason you’re able/allowed to give on why non-subscription-based porn sites aren’t given the same blacklist treatment?

Given that OF links get used by bots but Pornhub links don't - it's entirely likely that it concerns Bsky moderation. And generally, social media network developers stay thousands of miles away from describing how their moderation works, because there's tons of money in working around moderation!

Arya 🏳️‍⚧️@aryafairywren.bsky.social

Bsky *just* finished dealing with a spam wave that was specifically rebadged stolen "Julie" accounts posting OnlyFans links, so I wouldn't be surprised it was there from a previous filter of some kind, honestly. No spam bots were linking to PornHub lmao

"single dev that worked on this" "the other folks who worked on this" What a disaster. The cool thing about hearing directly from devs is that you're not wishy-washy PR people, so strop trying to be a wishy-washy PR person, you're not good at it.

i have autism which is why i don't work in PR and instead work in programming. also other non-programmers can work on a feature that requires engineering