How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:

@ZenHeathen

It should hide any posts from that domain, even if they're boosted.

@FediTips I wonder why I'm still seeing them. I've triple-checked. Oh well.

@ZenHeathen

Could you link to an example of a post you're still seeing? It might help in tracking down the problem

@FediTips It was sixteen hours ago, so I can't find the posts. But I remembered the name and went looking, and found the user whose posts had me thinking about this. I was about to paste it here when I saw it was a mastodon.online account. I'm certain the boosts I saw were from a bluesky-bridged account from the same user. Could that have something to do with it? Same post origin point also has a Masto account which is not blocked?

@ZenHeathen

If it's a post from a Mastodon account, it wouldn't be affected by blocking the bridge.

Perhaps you previously saw the same user's Bluesky account bridged, but they have an identical unbridged account on here?

Not everyone uses bridges to post on multiple platforms. Some people use social management services like Buffer etc to post the same content on many different platforms. These aren't bridges, they're just automating the process of posting separately on separate platforms.

@ZenHeathen

If it's a post from a Mastodon account, it wouldn't be affected by blocking the bridge.

Perhaps you previously saw the same user's Bluesky account bridged, but they have an identical unbridged account on here?

Not everyone uses bridges to post on multiple platforms. Some people use social management services like Buffer etc to post the same content on many different platforms. These aren't bridges, they're just automating the process of posting separately on separate platforms.

@FediTips No, I am absolutely certain the post I saw was a boost from that user's bridged account. I just can't find that accpunt now, perhaps their individual block is finally working, now that I unblocked and reblocked last night. But it should still come up in searches, right?

@Billie

Does it say "mute domain"? If so it may be the same option with a different name.

Blocking domains is not quite as powerful as a block but more powerful than a mute, so there is some disagreement over which word to use.

@Billie @FediTips It is the same option

How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:

1. Go to the profile page of the account @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to Bluesky

You may need to copy-paste @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.

If you can't find the account @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.

#FediTips #Bluesky

@jorgecandeias

I had several people ask me how to stop bridging, because they had bridged a while ago and didn't know how to stop it.

Also several people asked me how to stop seeing bridged posts.

So, I've posted instructions on how to do both these things.

@FediTips But to stop bridging people just need to unfollow the bridge account. They don't have to block anything.

@FediTips Ah! Searched again, half an hour later, and this time it came up!

This is the account that made me think of this, with some spaces added:
@ brenttoderian.bsky.social @ bsky.brid.gy

I have no problem with this user or his posts; I usually agree with him. He's just the example of a boosted post that came to my feed yesterday that I think shouldn't have.

I'm on Tusky right now, so I can't see domain blocks, but it does show that I have bsky.brid.gy muted, so even if it were only that, I shouldn't see those posts, right?

@jorgecandeias

The official instructions on the brid.gy website say the following:

"How do I opt out and remove my site or account?"

"If you're on the fediverse or Bluesky, and you've opted in but now want to opt out, block the Bridgy Fed bot user for the network you want to opt out of. For example, on the fediverse, block @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy"

https://fed.brid.gy/docs#opt-out

@ZenHeathen

Do you have an example of a particular post that you saw boosted after you had blocked the domain?

@patricus

So did I

@FediTips @patricus Only problem with that is if there are people who aren't offiliated with US government bullshit that use Atproto platforms like Leaflet, but they wanna use BridgyFed to make their content show up for those on the fediverse, you'd be missing out because they might use brid.gy. This is the sort of problem when blocking entire instances based on things like being part of Atproto, just because the head of Bluesky is openly welcoming some fucked up shit like ICE that doesn't mean we should start cutting the entire Atproto circle off.