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[–] self@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

also, holy fuck the reply guys are a plague on that post. is bluesky normally like that, or is it the blast radius from the gamers deciding they have a problem?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

dunno if i have an unusual amount of blocked posters, but the ones i can see are fine? bsky is largely le home of le wokisme

[–] self@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

that’s probably it — logged out mastodon is probably just as bad. also the most aggressive reply guy’s take is “accounts for public projects should never block anyone and they should be required to debate the people yelling at them” which is, holy fuck, the most blockable thing I’ve ever seen

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago

ah yeah, i blocked that guy a while ago lol