Marc Abanto
@mabanto.bsky.social
Digital Communications Consultant. #RaiseHigh alum.
My biggest issue is this sender roll up feature that exists in all categories except your primary tab. The UX is AWFUL. Every single rollup seems to arbitrarily start with a message sent in mid-September 2024. Kamala Harris sent an email yesterday. I opened, and I see a message from 9/16.
February 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My biggest issue is this sender roll up feature that exists in all categories except your primary tab. The UX is AWFUL. Every single rollup seems to arbitrarily start with a message sent in mid-September 2024. Kamala Harris sent an email yesterday. I opened, and I see a message from 9/16.
This account is engaging with people on BlueSky who very clearly think it is a county government account — because that’s what the person running it wants them to think. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be replying to messages clearly meant for someone who works for the county.
January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This account is engaging with people on BlueSky who very clearly think it is a county government account — because that’s what the person running it wants them to think. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be replying to messages clearly meant for someone who works for the county.
Except that’s not what they did. They created the account, built out a profile as Fairfax County, and started replying to people as though they were Fairfax County.
January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Except that’s not what they did. They created the account, built out a profile as Fairfax County, and started replying to people as though they were Fairfax County.
They created the account as “an investment” (ie. they took advantage of local governments being slow to adopt new social platforms and parked the handle hoping the county or someone else would decide to join BlueSky and pay them for it).
January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
They created the account as “an investment” (ie. they took advantage of local governments being slow to adopt new social platforms and parked the handle hoping the county or someone else would decide to join BlueSky and pay them for it).
As it turns out, no, they weren’t, because as I continued to engage with this account they let slip they aren’t actually a Fairfax County government account.
January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
As it turns out, no, they weren’t, because as I continued to engage with this account they let slip they aren’t actually a Fairfax County government account.
And it wasn’t just me. The account had attacked a few others in the same way. I was stunned. Was the Fairfax County government crashing out on BlueSky in real time?
January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And it wasn’t just me. The account had attacked a few others in the same way. I was stunned. Was the Fairfax County government crashing out on BlueSky in real time?
And that was that, until this morning, when I got a text:
“Is Fairfax County’s Bluesky account actually attacking you in a reply.”
Sure enough, the answer was yes!
“Is Fairfax County’s Bluesky account actually attacking you in a reply.”
Sure enough, the answer was yes!
January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And that was that, until this morning, when I got a text:
“Is Fairfax County’s Bluesky account actually attacking you in a reply.”
Sure enough, the answer was yes!
“Is Fairfax County’s Bluesky account actually attacking you in a reply.”
Sure enough, the answer was yes!
Earlier this week, frustrated by snow removal issues and the impact on school openings, I wrote a post on BlueSky and mentioned this account in the post. The account replied with a meme, which I thought was odd.
January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Earlier this week, frustrated by snow removal issues and the impact on school openings, I wrote a post on BlueSky and mentioned this account in the post. The account replied with a meme, which I thought was odd.
This is “Fairfax County, Virginia”. The account uses the name and seal of the county. They follow a bunch of accounts you’d expect a NOVA county gov’t account to follow.
January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is “Fairfax County, Virginia”. The account uses the name and seal of the county. They follow a bunch of accounts you’d expect a NOVA county gov’t account to follow.
Oh I don’t know, could be your handle is “Fairfax County, Virginia.” Could be your use of the county shield as your photo. Could be this reply from a month ago to a suggestion about setting up your domain as your handle where you refer to yourself as, “we”.
January 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Oh I don’t know, could be your handle is “Fairfax County, Virginia.” Could be your use of the county shield as your photo. Could be this reply from a month ago to a suggestion about setting up your domain as your handle where you refer to yourself as, “we”.