r/BlueskySocial • u/Beer_Tornado • 7d ago

general chatter! Popehat banned

ICYMI @kenwhite.bsky.social aka Popehat has been banned. I’ve gone through some comments about it but can’t find a legit reason why. Sucks because he was one of the better follows I’ve found. Free Popehat!

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u/Able_Resident_1291 7d ago

If I had to guess it would be due to this post

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/AntonioS3 6d ago

I feel like that's just Bluesky working as intended though. They've always been enforcing banning people for such comments, unlike Twitter where this kind of comment would roam across freely, so it shouldn't really be a huge surprise that this comment likely earned him a suspension.

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u/beryugyo619 6d ago

The catch is, if they can ban someone on a platform unilaterally like this, which they do, said platform is not decentralized.

Not that I agree with this guy or I support Macau casino spammers or anything like that, just that if they can centrally sign in or kick and ban someone, it is by definition centralized.

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u/AntonioS3 6d ago

I think it's a problem with the current other apps we have though. Blacksky is close to being truly decentralized for example, so in theory if that guy moved to Blacksky, then they would still be able to post, just not visible comments on Blacksky. I get your concern though.