Eric Walker
@ericmwalker.bsky.social
Web developer and Rust fan. Reddit addict. 📍Colorado, US.
Feels like a metaphor.
February 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Feels like a metaphor.
They seem to be imitating one another. Maybe a very basic form of intersubjective learning?
January 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They seem to be imitating one another. Maybe a very basic form of intersubjective learning?
I enjoyed the arguments in this piece, which provides a different perspective on the question of social media's affect on attention. But I wish it looked more closely at the biological and physiological affects of social media on children and adolescents, whose brains are still developing.
January 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I enjoyed the arguments in this piece, which provides a different perspective on the question of social media's affect on attention. But I wish it looked more closely at the biological and physiological affects of social media on children and adolescents, whose brains are still developing.
I am not able to see the trending feature in my account. I might have accidentally dismissed it by clicking the "x". Is there a way to get it back?
December 28, 2024 at 8:14 PM
I am not able to see the trending feature in my account. I might have accidentally dismissed it by clicking the "x". Is there a way to get it back?
Yeah. Happens to me as well. With the benefit of hindsight, would have been better for Gmail to not normalize “.” out of the email name.
Companies that just accept form input with an unverified email address will have their messages marked as spam.
Companies that just accept form input with an unverified email address will have their messages marked as spam.
December 18, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Yeah. Happens to me as well. With the benefit of hindsight, would have been better for Gmail to not normalize “.” out of the email name.
Companies that just accept form input with an unverified email address will have their messages marked as spam.
Companies that just accept form input with an unverified email address will have their messages marked as spam.
I switched from MacOS to Linux about five years ago. Linux has some rough edges, but it's actually pretty nice after a while.
December 15, 2024 at 3:57 AM
I switched from MacOS to Linux about five years ago. Linux has some rough edges, but it's actually pretty nice after a while.
Maybe 1992 or 1993, as a high school student, working with one of these at home? Really hard to remember for sure. The transition to CD-ROMs was pretty fast.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macinto...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macinto...
Macintosh II family - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 14, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Maybe 1992 or 1993, as a high school student, working with one of these at home? Really hard to remember for sure. The transition to CD-ROMs was pretty fast.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macinto...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macinto...
Since I put those lists together, I started keeping a list of people with moderation lists, so that people can see what all is out there.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
While Bluesky is sorting out how to deal with the influx of new users, some less than constructive, I've put together a list of people who maintain moderation lists. Go to "About," and for each person, click on "Lists," to see the different options.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
December 11, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Since I put those lists together, I started keeping a list of people with moderation lists, so that people can see what all is out there.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
Looks like Banff, Alberta, for anyone like me who was wondering.
December 8, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Looks like Banff, Alberta, for anyone like me who was wondering.
When it comes to USB, sometimes I get it wrong 75 percent of the time, somehow.
December 3, 2024 at 4:32 AM
When it comes to USB, sometimes I get it wrong 75 percent of the time, somehow.
There are some labelers that attempt this. You can subscribe to them. There are also a number of blocklists if blocking individual accounts feels overwhelming.
www.bluesky-labelers.io
www.bluesky-labelers.io
Labels are a way to categorize content and users on BlueSky. They are part of the moderation tools but they can be do lots of interesting things like foster community.
www.bluesky-labelers.io
December 3, 2024 at 4:29 AM
There are some labelers that attempt this. You can subscribe to them. There are also a number of blocklists if blocking individual accounts feels overwhelming.
www.bluesky-labelers.io
www.bluesky-labelers.io
I've been keeping a list of people who maintain moderation lists. Take care to due some due diligence, as different maintainers will have different thresholds and criteria.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
While Bluesky is sorting out how to deal with the influx of new users, some less than constructive, I've put together a list of people who maintain moderation lists. Go to "About," and for each person, click on "Lists," to see the different options.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
December 3, 2024 at 4:16 AM
I've been keeping a list of people who maintain moderation lists. Take care to due some due diligence, as different maintainers will have different thresholds and criteria.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
2/2. requiring everyone to subscribe to multiple blocklists. But if that habit takes hold, bad actors can inject bad blocklists into the mix. I think group-maintained blocklists, in contrast to personal blocklists, might deal with this concern.
December 2, 2024 at 3:19 AM
2/2. requiring everyone to subscribe to multiple blocklists. But if that habit takes hold, bad actors can inject bad blocklists into the mix. I think group-maintained blocklists, in contrast to personal blocklists, might deal with this concern.
1/2. I'm nervous about blocklists, even though I maintain several (if only for my own use). But the thing that makes me nervous once the nation states take notice is that one person's efforts will be a drop in the bucket. Even maintainers will need to subscribe. But that will leave gaps, ...
December 2, 2024 at 3:18 AM
1/2. I'm nervous about blocklists, even though I maintain several (if only for my own use). But the thing that makes me nervous once the nation states take notice is that one person's efforts will be a drop in the bucket. Even maintainers will need to subscribe. But that will leave gaps, ...
I don't know much about Threads. Can you elaborate?
December 2, 2024 at 3:08 AM
I don't know much about Threads. Can you elaborate?
I don't think the blocks are transitive (if you add someone to a blocklist, all of their followers/people they interact with, are blocked).
If anything, personal blocklists will not scale adequately to handle the number of bots and trolls that will arrive when the nation state teams get involved.
If anything, personal blocklists will not scale adequately to handle the number of bots and trolls that will arrive when the nation state teams get involved.
December 2, 2024 at 2:51 AM
I don't think the blocks are transitive (if you add someone to a blocklist, all of their followers/people they interact with, are blocked).
If anything, personal blocklists will not scale adequately to handle the number of bots and trolls that will arrive when the nation state teams get involved.
If anything, personal blocklists will not scale adequately to handle the number of bots and trolls that will arrive when the nation state teams get involved.
Also, "liberal" is relative, and its meaning, even in the US, is changing quickly, and tech workers fall on a large spectrum, as the Overton window gets wider.
December 1, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Also, "liberal" is relative, and its meaning, even in the US, is changing quickly, and tech workers fall on a large spectrum, as the Overton window gets wider.
Yes, judgment is always needed. When there's a question of whether to block, it's good to go through a person's posts and replies to see if they're just having a bad morning, or if there's regularly a bit of animus in their replies.
December 1, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Yes, judgment is always needed. When there's a question of whether to block, it's good to go through a person's posts and replies to see if they're just having a bad morning, or if there's regularly a bit of animus in their replies.
Good faith is a requirement, but not enough. In addition to bad faith trolling, there's also people with good intentions who launch off on attacks, inadvertently distracting attention from the issues being discussed. Politeness is also a requirement.
December 1, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Good faith is a requirement, but not enough. In addition to bad faith trolling, there's also people with good intentions who launch off on attacks, inadvertently distracting attention from the issues being discussed. Politeness is also a requirement.
I follow some of this. But I'm one of the newer people to Bluesky, so I'm curious why preemptively pruning followers is preferable to dealing with them when you see their inflammatory posts? At 100 followers, pruning is feasible. At 1m followers, doesn't seem possible.
November 30, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I follow some of this. But I'm one of the newer people to Bluesky, so I'm curious why preemptively pruning followers is preferable to dealing with them when you see their inflammatory posts? At 100 followers, pruning is feasible. At 1m followers, doesn't seem possible.
Yup. Indistinguishable from Twitter. Some people are reasonably reluctant to use blocklists (I'm one of them, even though I maintain some). But for many new people they'll no doubt keep Bluesky sane until the Bluesky team figures out its medium term strategy.
November 30, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Yup. Indistinguishable from Twitter. Some people are reasonably reluctant to use blocklists (I'm one of them, even though I maintain some). But for many new people they'll no doubt keep Bluesky sane until the Bluesky team figures out its medium term strategy.
Still learning about Bluesky's features, but I'm thinking you can probably construct a feed or userlist to accomplish this.
November 30, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Still learning about Bluesky's features, but I'm thinking you can probably construct a feed or userlist to accomplish this.