After appeal the label was removed. It's not a problem for me per se but merely an observation that Bsky's content moderation needs work. The label was applied 2 days after the post, which means if limiting bad faith "swastika content" is a goal, the process is also too slow.
I used the following alt text in my post: "German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks to the German Parliament at the Kroll Opera House in favor of the Enabling Act, March 1933."
That points to another issue, and that is this post was flagged 2 days later after +1K reposts, which is quite a bit for Bsky. Therefore the process is not only inaccurate but too slow, if stopping the spread of extremism is the goal.
After this week's momentous Supreme Court ruling I posted about the 1933 Enabling Act in Germany as a warning about the dangers of growing totalitarianism. Disappointed to learn @moderation.bsky.app labelled it "radical views advocating violence, hate, or discrimination." Very poor job @bsky.app
March 23 1933, the Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.
Reminds me of what happens when someone dares use the word "cis" or "trans" on Elon's Empire and get auto banned. I thought BlueSky was supposed to have more sophisticated moderation than that.
I did appeal and the label was removed, but only after I posted it about it publicly. A good outcome, but content moderation on Bsky clearly has a ways to go.
That's obvious. What's less clear is whether it was reported by an uneducated user, and/or why the moderator didn't read the context, you know, doing the actual job of moderating.
Interesting, wonder if we'd get an answer. In the meantime I just learned there was *another* GRODNIK downtown on S 6th Street. Were there even more? 🤔
Mni Sóta Territory depicted in the 1857 Atlas of the United States. County lines in red, survey lines for the proposed Pacific Railway in purple. Map by HD Rogers & AK Johnston, London, via University of Minnesota Borchert Map Library
March 23 1933, the Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.
50 years ago today the Twin Cities Pride Event had grown from earlier small protests to nearly 400 attendees, with speakers such as newly elected MN Senator Allan Spear. 6 months later he came out as the first openly gay male elected official anywhere in the US, creating a national sensation
History snippet: The very first Twin Cities Pride events guide from 1973 was no more than a small flier. In a detail that's hard to imagine today, it was designed so that a holder could quickly fold and discard it in the event of a police raid.
History snippet: The very first Twin Cities Pride events guide from 1973 was no more than a small flier. In a detail that's hard to imagine today, it was designed so that a holder could quickly fold and discard it in the event of a police raid.
Appreciate that! I too get annoyed with the squishy fact brigade, and even had a large account retweet something I did but with wrong facts added. We live in perilous times.
18/ Busy during the Depression and busiest in WWII, the Great Northern had become a gloomy shell by the time Amtrak took it over in 1971. On March 1st 1978, the last passenger train left the station, and Minneapolis, for good. The building was demolished later that year.
19/19 So depending how you count, downtown Minneapolis had between 9 and 15 railroad stations. There were and are proposals to expand the new NorthStar Commuter station at Target Field into something more, but constraints abound. It's going to be a long wait for the next train.
