I introduced a platform Bluesky Twitter’s alternative, a new feature, is allowing its users to run their own moderation services, and this change will allow Bluesky users and developers to work together to create custom classification tools for the emerging social media platform.
The new moderation tools arrive as Bluesky is experiencing a growth spurt after it ditched its waiting list and opened it up to all users in February. Since then, the service has added about 2 million new users, bringing its total community to just over 5 million.
The company said its approach to moderation is based on the same philosophy that led it to embrace personalized feed algorithms, and the goal, Bluesky wrote in a blog post, is to create “an ecosystem of moderation and open-source safety tools that give communities the ability to create their own spaces, with their own standards and preferences.” “Private”.
In practice, these moderation tools will take the form of rating services, just as Bluesky allows users to set their own moderation preferences. For example, you can choose whether you want the app to “display,” “warn,” or “hide” explicit content, and developers will be able to From creating their own filtering systems others can choose.
“For example, someone could create a moderation service that blocks images of spiders from Bluesky. Let’s call it Spider Shield,” the company explains. “If you get scared by seeing spiders in your peaceful nature feed, you can install this moderation service and any labeled spider images will instantly disappear from your experience.”
To help make these types of experiences possible, Bluesky is providing open source for its collaborative labeling tool called Ozone, which will allow groups of moderators to respond to reports and add labels to content, but the company notes that developers can also create automated labeling systems using an API Bluesky applications.
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber referred to the concept as “composable” or “stackable” moderation. “We always do basic moderation, which means we provide you with a moderated virtual experience when you come in,” Graber told Engadget last month. [إلى Bluesky]“And on top of that, you can customize things.
The new third-party tagging services will begin rolling out later this week on the desktop version of Bluesky, with a mobile version coming “soon,” according to the company, and users will likely see more options available in the coming weeks as more… Developers and groups on basic tools.
