Three things that Bluesky is doing right

Bluesky is a relatively new social media platform, and at first glance it looks a lot like Twitter. As laid out by Mike Masnick in a great article on Techdirt, Bluesky is doing some excellent things to solve some of the major problems with social media.

Moderation

First, their moderation system is incredibly customizable. They have a team to help moderate things at a high level, but you can adjust a ton of settings and even pull in a completely different moderation system on top of theirs if you’d prefer.

Algorithms

Their algorithms are even more available for you to change. From Techdirt:

You can use any algorithm, and Bluesky might not even know what algorithms you’re using.
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So, for example, someone could also set up a “fact-checking” moderation service. Or a moderation service to hide all political content. Or all sports content. Whatever people want. They don’t have to change instances to get it. They can pick and choose which labelers to subscribe to, or where to send reports.

If you’re mad at “the algorithm” on Facebook or whatever, this is the solution. It’s your algorithm, so make it do what you want. The details are admittedly complex, but the idea behind it (and the future of it) is amazing.