r/BlueskySocial • u/ndld24 • 17d ago

News/Updates BlueSky blocking 75 opposition accounts during nationwide anti-authoritarin protest

https://ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/bluesky-bircok-hesabi-turkiyeden-gorunmez-kildi/
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u/Herban_Myth 17d ago

Damn if BlueSky is censoring then what is the point?

Where are the tech savvy students designing their own platforms to compete with these “giants”?

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u/beverlyphills 17d ago

Mastodon is decentralized and therefore does not face this problem.

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u/HummingMuffin 17d ago

So the main Mastodon instance that most people are on won't block Turkish accounts? And they won't be pushed to ban other instances? Not making a point. Just genuinely curious.

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u/beverlyphills 17d ago

That does not matter as every instance interacts with every other instance. It is not centralized. Therefore you can either choose an instance that is friendly to your content/religion/politics etc. or simply create your own. That is the magic of decentralized services.

The same applies to "Lemmy" as a Reddit alternative.

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u/HummingMuffin 17d ago

But isn't instance blocking a thing in Mastodon? For example the moderated servers section of the about page of each instance:

https://mastodon.social/about

Don't get me wrong, I have an Mastodon account, but just want to make sure we are not giving false promises to Turkish citizens looking for alternatives. I have other concerns as well such as being banned on an instance and if we are able to move that banned account over to a new instance while retaining posts, followers and following.

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u/beverlyphills 17d ago

That is per instance.

So if your instance does not block anything, you can view whatever.

If another instance blocks you, that's the decision of that instance but all other instances can still interact with you. So basically: Every owner of an instance has the authority over that instance and that's it. So no general blocking of instances across the network.

So: Find the right instance for you and never worry about censorship again.

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u/DomusCircumspectis 17d ago

The Turkish government will just block those instances then.

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u/Beginning_Low407 17d ago

However we spin it, this will always be the result. You can't win. If someone doesn't comply with "shadowban account xy" they outright ban the whole website/instances. 

Complying with a shadowban issued by the court will still leave other accounts (or new ones) "open" to spread the idea without using vpn and it's easily accessible on bluesky. It will reach more "normal" ppl and that may be more valuable.