Bluesky is under fire for allowing usernames with racial slurs
Bluesky is under fire for allowing usernames with racial slurs
It's the latest miss for Bluesky, which has already gotten backlash for being slow to respond to hate speech and threats.
Did they really allow it?
Someone made a username with a slur in it. Two hours later they were banned and the redundancy patched. A little after that an apology was announced.
Yeah, this reads like such a nothingburger I don’t see why it’s news. Yeah, they didn’t add enough filters, but fixed it as soon as it was pointed out. Why continue the outrage?
Why continue the outrage?
To satisfy and monetize the clickbaited.
In a vaccum it wouldn't be such a big issue, but it's already a pattern at this point.
Ooh "under fire" what's next, they're going to get "slammed"? That'll show em.
what is Bluesky and why should I care?
It’s another microblogging site backed by Jack Dorsey (former Twitter CEO) and other venture capital. They made a lot of claims and now they are failing to follow-up. I think they are still invite-only so even if you do care, you need someone who is in already to join.
@BrikoX Thing is: By now they are having a fixed list of not allowed user names. They now updated that list.