#moderation is a shit job. always was, always will be. it's a human problem, no tech can dispel the chore. someone always has to be there, moderating
of course tooling can help immensely. the tooling shifts and manages the chore. that shift can be in good ways, or bad ways. good and bad tooling
you know all this
i'm just laying it out
to say:
we see on #bluesky, and on #mastodon as you say, that the shift creates new terrible problems
i'm saying blocklists are a bad idea