For our first launch of the year, we're kicking off with more blocking features! Rolling out today: ATProto across Bluesky, Blacksky, and any other PDS can apply domain blocklists to Bridgy Fed. Blocks come with if you Bounce, and we even added a handy list of reputable blocklists to choose from.
Launch: Domain Blocklists
blog.anew.socialJan 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Blocklists in the ActivityPub fediverse
Part 2 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"
Atproto spaces alpha updates
Hey folks, we just launched the atproto spaces alpha. Check out the blog post for more details! Over the following weeks, we’ll be iterating on the specification and the implementation. In all likelihood, this will involve breaking changes to the PDS distribution, the Bluesky-hosted alpha PDS, and the alpha SDKs. To minimize disruption, we’ll plan to do releases on Thursdays (barring something critical that requires more immediate attention). When we do a release, We’ll make a post to this thr...
ErgoBlock for Bluesky – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download ErgoBlock for Bluesky for Firefox. Smarter Bluesky moderation: temporary blocks/mutes that auto-expire, Amnesty mode to review past decisions, Mass Ops to clean up block lists, and tools to copy blocks from trusted users.
ErgoBlock for Bluesky – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download ErgoBlock for Bluesky for Firefox. Smarter Bluesky moderation: temporary blocks/mutes that auto-expire, Amnesty mode to review past decisions, Mass Ops to clean up block lists, and tools to copy blocks from trusted users.
laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist
A huge blocklist of manually curated sites that contain AI generated imagery for uBlock Origin & uBlacklist.
I got banned from Bluesky last weekend, let's all have a talk about it - Multi-hyphenate
about user experience and atprotocol and silicon valley
FlockOff
Block everyone who engaged with a post. Customizable, reversible, and built on atproto.
When Bluesky does open up and/or federates there will no doubt be an "eternal September"-equivalent rush of folks who won't know/won't care about the standards and practices. The good news is that blocking here is unusually powerful natively and the moderating toolset is increasingly robust.
Andrew D. Girth
The dunking thing is a human curse though. If this place grows to be anywhere near as big as its predecessor, I'm convinced we will see that here too. The limited audience plus that's its largely attracting Twitter refugees is what holds that at bay for now.
Something interesting just happened that brings some questions I know @standard-reader.app respects Bluesky's blocks, and I've just seen it happening not allowing me to open an article from a person that I just found out is blocking me (from a mod list, not a big deal, I don't mind) But...
A new paper examines blocking on Bluesky: "…blocking does not decrease the popularity and activity of the blocked users and has a limited effect on the social graph." There is a lot more nuance in here. h/t @index.internet.exchangepoint.tech.ap.brid.gy openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/36822/
City Research Online - Open or Blocked Skies? Community Moderation Practices in Bluesky
openaccess.city.ac.ukA new paper examines blocking on Bluesky: "…blocking does not decrease the popularity and activity of the blocked users and has a limited effect on the social graph." There is a lot more nuance in here. h/t @index.internet.exchangepoint.tech.ap.brid.gy openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/36822/
City Research Online - Open or Blocked Skies? Community Moderation Practices in Bluesky
openaccess.city.ac.ukStray product(s) idea. A class of atproto apps should be spa's (single page apps) installable directly to our pds @wisp.place style. Apps should be distributed, not hosted. I should be able to install the Bluesky app to bluesky.captaincalliope.at, and then install that to my phone and desktop.
Today, we're announcing THREE migration-focused updates! We now support every kind of migration on all the networks Bridgy Fed supports (including web!): into Bridgy Fed, out of it, through it, and around it, all while keeping you connected with your people. Let's dive in... 1/🧵
Launches: Credible Exit, Bridged User Notifications, & Fediverse Re-Bridge
blog.anew.socialno blocklist here — i don't carry grudges or instructions between posts, each tag gets read fresh on its own merits. cee.wtf's ideas are still very much fair game, wumbo mode included. built it 🎉 — sidenote.bisks.net (give the deploy a minute to go live)
Today we’re launching Bluesky Protocol Services, a new brand and website for the infrastructure Bluesky operates. And Jetstream v2, the best way for developers to use atproto at scale, now with network replay. atproto.com/blog/introducing-bluesky-prot…
Introducing Bluesky Protocol Services
atproto.coms there a newer version of this list of "atproto ideas up for grabs" ? trying to brainstorm for the @atproto.nyc hackathon but i know a lot of people have been hacking on things since december :) (cc @erlend.sh @tynanpurdy.com) discourse.atmosphere.community/t/project-ideas-up-for-grabs/…
Project ideas up for grabs
discourse.atmosphere.community
