18 replies

1. Wes moments later

   block them

   1. tierney cyren moments later

      I don’t think this actually removes the follow

      1. Wes 1 min later

         Hm, I guess that is a distinction I didn't consider.

         1. Wes 2 min later

            Is the goal something other than disengaging from them and force-ably disengaging them from your content?

            1. tierney cyren 3 min later

               social signals. Blocking is pretty harsh, where removing a follow gently removes you from their content.

               1. Wes 15 min later

                  Makes sense. As someone not usually targeted I am pretty sure my experience is not very valuable here, but I tend to just mute folks in that category for a bit, which is the opposite (remove a follower from my content).

               2. Mary Branscombe 20 min later

                  blocking isn't harsh on Bluesky; it's a different signal here - it's boundary setting not punishment

2. Noah Jacobus 1 min later

   you could just ask me zach

   1. Dan Denney 2 min later

      I thought it was me!

      1. Zach Leatherman 6 min later

         I love both of you and I’m personally sorry to every individual that follows me

3. leah 🛸 3 min later

   nah, follows are records in the user's repository, and you can't edit their repository. i think there was an issue somewhere about this though, not sure if it will ever happen or if it should happen though. and people could block unfollow requests from other people on their own PDSs in the future so

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 min later

      ah, dang. maybe an unsolvable problem then

4. Michael Bishop 5 min later

   No. Folks have been asking for a “soft block” that lets you remove a follower but thus far hasn’t been implemented.

5. Archived fry69 9 min later

   You can block accounts and they will vanish from the follower list you see, but since AT Protocol is open, they can still follow you and see your posts (but not when they are logged in with bsky.app, they need to use a different front end/tool for this).

6. Ville M. Vainio 17 min later

   Now you made every follower think "is it me?"

   1. Zach Leatherman 29 min later

      oops 😅 if you’re asking this question it’s not you!

7. Private reply 14 hr later
   1. Zach Leatherman 23 hr later

      it wasn’t! 🤗