How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
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@FediTips all ok, just explaining.
Can you block an entire domain as a user?
Yes, but it's not as powerful as an admin defederating the domain.
The user selects "block domain" on the profile of a user from that domain.
It hides all the domain's posts and accounts, and removes any connections you have with the domain (follows/followers).
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@FediTips Does blocking the domain still work if someone you follow boosts a toot from it?
It should hide any posts from that domain, even if they're boosted.
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@FediTips
So number 4 - blocking the bot - is the important one?Asking because Moshidon doesn't show a domain option.
If the option isn't in your app, log in with your server's website and do the blocking there.
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Does it say "mute domain"? If so it may be the same option with a different name.
Blocking domains is not quite as powerful as a block but more powerful than a mute, so there is some disagreement over which word to use.
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @federatedsocialnews@channel.org Or you can just not bridge your account in the first place.
There were people asking how to block it who had bridged it a long time ago and didn't know how to stop it.
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@FediTips Successfully blocked. My next question is, how do I completely block Threads as well?
As far as I can tell, your server has already defederated Threads, so you don't need to do anything else!
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@FediTips There isn't any bridging to bluesky unless you actually follow the bridge account. Blocking to avoid bridging is totally useless.
I had several people ask me how to stop bridging, because they had bridged a while ago and didn't know how to stop it.
Also several people asked me how to stop seeing bridged posts.
So, I've posted instructions on how to do both these things.
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If the option isn't in your app, log in with your server's website and do the blocking there.
@FediTips
That would take so much longer (just finding my password), and it sounds like its not really necessary. -
@FediTips
That would take so much longer (just finding my password), and it sounds like its not really necessary.It's up to you of course, but some settings are only available via the website so I'd recommend at least knowing how to access the website if needed.
The apps tend to have fewer settings and options than the website.
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Incidentally, what you say isn't true about websites.
My websites have been bridged to Bluesky by brid.gy without my knowledge or permission. They use my logos and everything, as if I'd signed up.
This is shitty behaviour by brid.gy.
As far as I'm aware you have to manually put your website and enable a bunch of stuff on your website in order to get your website bridged, it's not automated at all. I'm extremely skeptical that brid.gy would do this on their own. Is it possible some other person impersonated you? Did you contact them about it already? They've always been happy to delete profiles on request by the owner/s of the original site, no questions asked (other than making sure you're the owner I guess), even if the bridge was started willingly at first.
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"You present your advice as neutral"
I absolutely do not.
I am against fascism and bigotry.
My entire point for doing all my accounts and sites without pay is to try to fight the hatred.
Neutrality at a time like this is obscene.
"It ia obvious that you're not neutral even though you present yourself that way."
Except... they never have? And tbh I think u know that, David, you're just weirdly offended that they're not running their account the way you want them to.
This reply guy stuffs doesn't do you any favors, BTW.
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@FediTips Seriously, that doesn't make a lick of sense.
You're not blocking Bluesky (you can't, it doesn't communicate with the Fediverse), you're blocking the bridge.
What is the purpose apart from virtue signaling?If a Fediverse account is not bridged, no one on the Bluesky side can see it.
Bluesky accounts bridged into the Fediverse allow them to be seen on the Fediverse. If you don't want to see a Bluesky account in the Fediverse, don't follow any. As simple as that.
If…
1. you have not blocked the `bsky.brid.gy` domain
2a. are following someone who boosts a post from the `bsky.brid.gy` domain OR
2b. you share a server with someone following `bsky.brid.gy` accounts, and one of those counts posts to a hash tag you are following…then you may see a `bsky.brid.gy` post in your feed, without you explicitly following those accounts.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
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It should hide any posts from that domain, even if they're boosted.
@FediTips I wonder why I'm still seeing them. I've triple-checked. Oh well.
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@FediTips I wonder why I'm still seeing them. I've triple-checked. Oh well.
Could you link to an example of a post you're still seeing? It might help in tracking down the problem
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Could you link to an example of a post you're still seeing? It might help in tracking down the problem
@FediTips It was sixteen hours ago, so I can't find the posts. But I remembered the name and went looking, and found the user whose posts had me thinking about this. I was about to paste it here when I saw it was a mastodon.online account. I'm certain the boosts I saw were from a bluesky-bridged account from the same user. Could that have something to do with it? Same post origin point also has a Masto account which is not blocked?
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@FediTips It was sixteen hours ago, so I can't find the posts. But I remembered the name and went looking, and found the user whose posts had me thinking about this. I was about to paste it here when I saw it was a mastodon.online account. I'm certain the boosts I saw were from a bluesky-bridged account from the same user. Could that have something to do with it? Same post origin point also has a Masto account which is not blocked?
If it's a post from a Mastodon account, it wouldn't be affected by blocking the bridge.
Perhaps you previously saw the same user's Bluesky account bridged, but they have an identical unbridged account on here?
Not everyone uses bridges to post on multiple platforms. Some people use social management services like Buffer etc to post the same content on many different platforms. These aren't bridges, they're just automating the process of posting separately on separate platforms.
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If it's a post from a Mastodon account, it wouldn't be affected by blocking the bridge.
Perhaps you previously saw the same user's Bluesky account bridged, but they have an identical unbridged account on here?
Not everyone uses bridges to post on multiple platforms. Some people use social management services like Buffer etc to post the same content on many different platforms. These aren't bridges, they're just automating the process of posting separately on separate platforms.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I blocked brid.gy at instance level.
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If it's a post from a Mastodon account, it wouldn't be affected by blocking the bridge.
Perhaps you previously saw the same user's Bluesky account bridged, but they have an identical unbridged account on here?
Not everyone uses bridges to post on multiple platforms. Some people use social management services like Buffer etc to post the same content on many different platforms. These aren't bridges, they're just automating the process of posting separately on separate platforms.
@FediTips No, I am absolutely certain the post I saw was a boost from that user's bridged account. I just can't find that accpunt now, perhaps their individual block is finally working, now that I unblocked and reblocked last night. But it should still come up in searches, right?
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I blocked brid.gy at instance level.
