- Although I love what @skywatch.blue does, (Provides an awesome service), the aspect of labels and lists needs MORE oversight. BlueSky is a young platform (relatively speaking), but it is really coming into its own... growing pains happen.
- Some people do "Follow-Farming" (that absolutely deserve the label). There are a bunch of people (like yours truly) that was so restricted on Twitter/X, that when we got here to BlueSky... minus restrictions... You follow ALL like-minded folk like mad... and Starter-Packs! 😇
- By definition, the concept of Follow-Farming is an aggressive tactic by people who are not good people. So, when good people get lumped in the category of BlueSky felons... it sucks! It doesn't mean BlueSky sucks... the label does. Especially when this was never our tactic at all.
- The objectives of @skywatch.blue are genuinely good, and for the most part, are spot on. However, more thought needs to go into the Follow-Farming label. In contrast, if you follow more people than follow you, you will probably earn the Follow-Farming label.
- “In contrast, if you follow more people than follow you, you will probably earn the Follow-Farming label.” This is absolutely not true. We explain a bit about the harms of follow farming here, but it has nothing to do with following / follower ratios. bsky.app/profile/skyw...
- Hi folks, we wanted to comment a little bit on the follow-farming label. We automatically label anyone with specific hashtags or keywords in their bio as follow-farmers as these hashtags or keywords have been observed to be widely used in follow-farming campaigns.
- The exception being accounts that have roughly the same amount of followers as follows and those numbers are both in the thousands or tens of thousands. This is generally a sign of engaging in large scale follow-for-follow or follow back schemes, though not sufficient evidence in its own right.
