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Excuse my ignorance of microblog mechanics, but can you elaborate on this? Would Bluesky show me this shit just because my connections follow them, or something like that? Is there something I should know if I want to avoid this stuff, besides "don't follow bullshit accounts" and "block people who post/repost bullshit"?
I'm on Bluesky, but I don't use it much. I poke my head in now and then, mostly out of academic interest. I am interested to learn from your experience.
Most microblogging services (not Mastodon) will have some default "For You" page that includes relevant posts from users you don't follow. On Bluesky, the default "Discover" has improved recently, but still needs a lot of work. To be honest, most of my frustration is actually that these new users dominate the reply section under news articles.
My advice would be to subscribe to Engagement Hacks Labeler and Automo, which will label or hide accounts that farm follow-backs. Do be careful, however, when subscribing to moderation lists; most aren't vetted.