Read Pinned post for mission Startup admin: stevetownsend0.bsky.social Appeals: admin@pef-moderation.org Follow for PSAs Committed to no use of !hide !warn etc outside illegalityhttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mkq6nt2fqk2cand, it's back up [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq6nt2fqk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mkq4xftpp22gPSA: service will be down during Linux server upgrade. More details on this update later.30 Apr 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq4xftpp22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mkis37upck2lOK, it should be back up. I will keep a close eye on it during the ongoing migration. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkis37upck2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mkimau22hk2lMigration of the moderation stack from cloud infrastructure to home servers is in progress. Expect outages until that is complete.27 Apr 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkimau22hk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mkdsbhbbuc2aThe list of accounts that would be "taken down" were this moderation service on a private PDS is building out here. https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/lists/3mkdrpyw7yf2t 'Soft-delete' decisions are subjective, made according to service policy, and can be appealed via the usual channels. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdsbhbbuc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mkajbt6mjc2kReporting Guidance: We now have 18 months of well-directed auto-reporting to work with, but manual reports need more context to avoid being unusable. Report a bad post, and if the account is toxic as well, say so Fun fact: when this project started, firehose event index was ~2bn. Now it is over 29bn [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkajbt6mjc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mk67dmlkps25Update. Ramping up active review of reports ahead of the US mid-terms, when I expect disinfo from all sides to increase - MAGA/russia both desperate. Prioritize manual reports first - rerunning tool to Tag all of those. Then, steady state review of worst offenders all-time/recent.23 Apr 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk67dmlkps25https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mielubuzvc2dI thought about this, I can probably set up rules to label every account/profile in these bridged domains once I know the domain pattern. Let's try that with the next ones.31 Mar 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mielubuzvc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mhyfmykcp226I cannot reply or quote this but yes, Politico is billionaire-owned and their biases reflect that.26 Mar 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyfmykcp226https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mhii3lzuyc2pStarted/going in one TL grab.20 Mar 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhii3lzuyc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3mb4x3tkzis27"I am real Scotlander from Glaswegia" Nobody from Scotland actually types in comedy Scottish like this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Dec 2025 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4x3tkzis27https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3m3lex65kn227"@pef-moderation.org is not an official Bluesky labeler. For the most part, they label things sensibly and understandably, but basically anyone can create their own labeler and label everyone however they want." h/t @nightlythievery.bsky.social Subjective - ymmv, esp. note our pro-Israel labeling [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2025 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3lex65kn227https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3m2mkxk3uic2uState of the Union post regarding platform moderation from the team https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3m2j6ccx2bs2t07 Oct 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mkxk3uic2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3m2d3svkwg22b@antibot4navalny.bsky.social reported on these in detail a couple of days ago. I have labeled as many as I could find. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2025 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2d3svkwg22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3m27z7nf6fk26The latest antisemitic atrocity, this time in the UK, got me thinking about balance in moderation. Revisited two frequently-used lazy slurs, both of which are auto-labeled as abusive/disinfo by this service. Bluesky live post/account counts for: ZioN*zi : 3912/927 PaliN*zi : 57/3402 Oct 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27z7nf6fk26https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lzy4ezzpzc2wLabeled hundreds of accounts just now found in this search https://bsky.app/search?q=aipac+terrorist I did a manual review of all results but might have missed a couple all the same. Please let me know if so.29 Sep 2025 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzy4ezzpzc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3ltyr6ddavc2mthe post below revisits the other main reason for labeling NYT as disinfo. With its resources, recognizing their useful idiocy here - which they did not, they excused themselves unconvincingly - is not an out https://bsky.app/profile/capitolhunters.bsky.social/post/3lt4cc5tmpk2n [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2025 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyr6ddavc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3ltwu3ywz6k26PSA: see here for future PSAs on Github FAQ page. Will relink as needed as this grows irregularly over time https://github.com/SteveTownsend/pef-moderation/wiki/FAQ14 Jul 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwu3ywz6k26https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lnigzt54dk27Just to emphasize that manual reporting of posts is now preferred. Account-label labeling decision results from a holistic view of its auto- and manual-report history. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2025 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnigzt54dk27https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lnigkx2bp225Moderation workflow example. Screenshot of a labeled account, taken from the platform's Ozone tool that we use to manually review the backlog. This is the moderation event stream on the account, filtered for only reports.23 Apr 2025 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnigkx2bp225https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lni26j3lss2pReviewing appeals, some clarifications. Automated labeling has been cleaned up and new labels introduced to destigmatize the presence of occasional labels on an account. Some users may be misunderstanding the semantics.23 Apr 2025 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lni26j3lss2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lnflrskowc22Possibly of interest to some: latest filters for auto-reporting and auto-labeling are at https://github.com/SteveTownsend/pef-moderation/blob/main/firehose-client/config/match_filters_202504220733.json @maryshine.bsky.social rules with websites are the tracked sites. "track = true" is needed as well - standalone field, not substring of field "actions", which is legacy format.22 Apr 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnflrskowc22https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3ln4326cvuc25Report backlog progress. System is humming. Completed a pass through accounts with over 100 pending reports. Almost all either were or are now labeled. Almost all were for anti-Israel and petrostate disinfo spam. Surprisingly little traditional russian nonsense. Needs a different DB query imo.18 Apr 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln4326cvuc25https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lmz6qgfob225This reply thread is really a rambling "state of the union" announcement regarding service philosophy and status. Specifically, it recaps labeler stance on 1. antisemitism 2. auto-labeling of slurs which are the major current points of contention among label recipients. https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lmz67cwc5225 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2025 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmz6qgfob225https://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lmffzv4t4c2rFollowing up on a post regarding Al Jazeera's expansive 60/40 disinfo network, in the context of labeling well-known anti-Ukraine propagandists. Process is to google the person, then review and include their amplifying websites for auto-labeling: no good outlet uses them. https://bsky.app/profile/stevetownsend0.bsky.social/post/3lmf37cgcas2a [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmffzv4t4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lm5vcjnltk2pPSA: WIP to clarify labels continues. Two news ones today, in order to support existing useful rules and future ones. All use of "fag*ot" and "tr*on" slurs will be labeled realtime soon.06 Apr 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5vcjnltk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3lm2wjgr44s2dPSA: more label clarification deployed. Reiterating commitment to clean up labeling semantics by end of April 2025, including revisiting all auto-labeled content to correct or remove existing labels. The goal is to alert about content considered harmful without overly infuriating casual amplifiers.05 Apr 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm2wjgr44s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pef-moderation.org/post/3llzhu57xhc2oHere's a good example of auto-reporting synergizing with manual review. We know there's russian nonsense circulating about Zelensky buying a platinum mine. The new rule (Zelensky AND (Northam OR platinum)) got flagged on this account, already auto-flagged for MAGA disinfo posts. Account now labeled04 Apr 2025 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:uac6er53o2pvr5y2qmvaf7hw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzhu57xhc2o