Posted on 09/22/2025 8:37:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Last December, Jesse Singal wrote a post for the Free Press titled "Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem." It was basically Singal's story about what happened when he joined Bluesky.
On December 6, I made my first post on Bluesky—which was actually launched by Twitter in 2019, before becoming an independent company two years later. As I soon found out, it is an exceptionally angry place. And in part because of a widespread culture of impunity when it comes to violent threats among some of its users, it comes across as a potentially dangerous one—in a way X, or Twitter, never did for me in my decade-plus of actively using that platform. Bluesky has either made a conscious decision to take a laissez-faire attitude toward serious threats of violence, or its moderators are incapable of guarding against them, or both...
When I arrived, I was bombarded with messages from people telling me to kill myself, or expressing their opinion that I should be killed. When a Change.org petition signed by 25,000 people failed to get me booted off the platform—likely due to my having never come close to violating any rule—the anger only spread further...
Bluesky’s norms surrounding violent threats, meanwhile, seem to be far weaker than Twitter’s. A handful of those directed at me were lurid and specific enough to worry me a bit. For example, on December 10, a user named @billkezos.bsky.social (a spoonerism of “Kill Bezos”), with about ten thousand followers, posted “Jesse Singal. 2 to the chest. 1 to the forehead a little less than [an] inch above the nasal bridge.”
Here we are 9 months later and it seems clear that Bluesky still has a problem with death threats. Last week the company had to issue a warning to its users, telling them that celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk violated terms of service and could result in consequences.
Social media platform Bluesky has been forced to warn users that “glorifying violence” is against its rules in the wake of a spate of posts celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk.
...Numerous posts shared this week have glorified the shooting of conservative commentator Kirk in Utah...
“Rest in piss,” wrote one user. “Go get Trump next.”
Another added: “I’m glad that guy died but they’re going really hard on the ‘Ohh this is a dark day for America’ about a guy I had never heard of until he was shot. Can we get JK Rowling next? The UK would be unbearable about it but it’s for the greater good of trans people.”
But there are signs that some users didn't get the message that death threats would not be tolerated. Last week, a Canadian man was arrested for making a credible death threat against singer-songwriter Morrissey on Bluesky.
Court documents allege Noah Castellano made the threat against the English singer-songwriter via the Bluesky social media service on Sept. 4.
A Bluesky post dated Sept. 4 under the account name “guy who gets shot in the head one hundred thousand times a day” matches the description of the post included in the court documents. Referring to the performer by his birth name, it reads: “Steven Patrick Morrissey when you perform at TD Place here in Ottawa next week on the evening of September 12th, 2025 at about 9pm, I will be present at the venue in the audience and I will attempt to shoot you many times and kill you with a very large gun that I own illegally.”
Castellano was arrested and later released on bail. The show he had specifically threatened in Canada went on as planned but in response Morrissey had decided to cancel two upcoming shows in the US.
British rockstar Morrissey has canceled upcoming concerts in Massachusetts and Connecticut after reported threats against his life.
Morrissey, the former frontman of The Smiths, said in a post on Instagram on Friday that he cancelled shows at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, Friday night and at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston on Saturday.
"Due to recent events and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and band, the upcoming shows this weekend at Foxwoods and MGM Music Hall have been cancelled. All tickets will be refunded automatically at your original point of purchase," the post read.
It's probably not a coincidence that Bluesky has just announced plans to toughen up moderation and enforcement on the site.
It sounds like Bluesky is getting serious about giving some users the boot, with the company saying it will be doing more to “enforce our moderation policies to better cultivate a space for healthy conversations.”...
“After considering this feedback, and in a return to our experimental roots, we are going to bring a greater focus to encouraging constructive dialogue and enforcing our rules against harassment and toxic content,” the company said. “For starters, we are going to increase our enforcement efforts.”
As part of that enforcement, Bluesky said that it will “more quickly escalate enforcement actions towards account restrictions.” When asked for more details, a Bluesky spokesperson told TechCrunch that moving forward, users who violate the guidelines will be getting fewer warnings before their accounts are deactivated.
Who knows what this means in practice. Users who make death threats now only get 2-3 chances to self-correct instead 5-6 chances? My guess is this enforcement won't make much difference. Once the heat is off, Bluesky will go back to being the toxic left-wing hate site its users seem to want.
And the left dares to call US hateful?! Give me a break!
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Another dumbarse, claims to be defending Charlie Kirk’s name but admits to being a neonazi trying to, [like the accelerationists] , incite a civil war. Given his timing I wonder if he was trying to distract investigators to help the killer escape like the old man at the Utah college event was:
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 : () A New Mexico teenager who admitted to hating Jews and desiring to spark a civil war was charged after allegedly making violent online threats in the aftermath of the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, the New Mexico US District Attorney’s Office announced
Jace Allen, on September 11, allegedly threatened to commit mass murder targeting Jews and other minorities in a series of X/Twitter posts and made a direct threat against a local Ohio politician ... “You’re gonna be one of the first to die,” Allen allegedly told a city council member.
The 19-year-old said he would “harm anyone who has something bad to say about Charlie [Kirk],” according to the Sacramento Bee.
Allen didn’t own a firearm, but videos of the teenager firing a rifle and pistol in August were found on his phone. The El Paso Times reported that the Jamestown resident sought to purchase the same model of rifle that was used to assassinate Kirk on September 10 at Utah Valley University.
The FBI traced the X account making the threats to Allen’s residence, and during an interview, he admitted to being a neo-Nazi who hated Jews and minorities and hoped to spark a civil war.
Allen was charged with transmitting communications containing a threat to injure another person and, if convicted, could face five years in prison.
-— Jew-hating New Mexico teen charged for shooting threats after Charlie Kirk assassination, By MICHAEL STARR
SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 01:02, Jerusalem Post
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The left has nothing else now that the veil has been lifted. Nothing to do but scream and shout. No one is listening to them so they will spew violence as they are driven into obscurity. Never let them recover.
Maybe they are gathering information from the threats for a more detailed assessment specifically targeting the individuals downstream as well.
But at some point, those who have made threats online or elsewhere will have to be dealt with.
Otherwise, it is being allowed to continue in order to turn up the volume for more harmful action that ultimately causes loss of liberty among those who did nothing.
“As I soon found out, it is an exceptionally angry place.”
Sickos do tend toward anger.
Past perpetrators get a pass?
Update. Bluesky’s got another problem...
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🔥 BREAKING: The Trump White House just JOINED Blusky and absolutely TROLLED every leftist on the platform - Hakeem is wearing the sombrero again and President Trump is wearing a crown 🤣
“DADDY’S HOME”
5:46 PM · Oct 17, 2025 63.1K Views
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1979303073622163759
BWAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!
Eric Daugherty has the full version of the post in his X feed now.
I can’t find a link to post, but if you’re on X, check it out.
That is a brilliant 55 second video.
RE: The Trump White House just JOINED Blusky
Is BlueSky allowed to BAN Trump?
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