If your account was suspended, email moderation@blueskyweb.xyz and we will help to get you back into your account. (We also emailed all compromised account holders.) Only enter your Bluesky password in the Bluesky app, bsky.app, or bsky.social.

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To protect your account: • Use a strong password you don't use anywhere else • Turn on two-factor authentication • Delete any app passwords you don't recognize (Settings > Privacy and Security) • Remove any connected apps and devices you no longer use at bsky.social/account/

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We're aware of a phishing attack that has compromised more than 4,500 accounts. The attack spread through posts promoting a fake offer of a government payment. We have temporarily suspended the compromised accounts and are working with their owners to secure them and restore access.

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The reason it's so hard to do content moderation well at scale is because it's both wildly expensive and subjective. If everyone were willing to pay $25 a month for an account, then maybe you could have really good content moderation. And even then it wouldn't be perfect.

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Even at small scales content moderation is incredibly difficult (at smaller scales you often don't have the resources to retain full-time compensated moderators)

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