Northsky Social Cooperative

This will allow us to benefit from Blueskys ability to moderate at scale while also preventing unjust actions against our community.

As we setup and refine our moderation processes we’re keeping on eye on what’s happening with bsky. Threatening a ban because a user blocks a _labeler_ of all things shouldn’t happen.
While we will use Bluesky moderation we will be reviewing actions against our users once we have the app+appview up

we just sent out a newsletter last weekend. if you got it, you're in the queue. hang in there.

if you didn't, please check your spam

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Northsky Social Cooperative building a better social media experience for members of marginalized groups using ATProtocol technology and active moderation - Northsky Social Cooperative

More of a lone-wolf contributor? (awooo!)

Check out our public repos here on Github and pick up some Issues! "You can just do things."

if you have skills and experience and want to donate your time, please send in volunteer applications here:

Engineers: tally.so/r/ODlzkp
Moderators: tally.so/r/WOO6ba

If you've already applied, we have a bit of a comms backlog on replies, so stay tuned for e-mails to your inbox soon. Thanks!

just copy-pasta error! low is low, high is high. not gonna change it now because we're getting LOTS OF RESPONSES! (good!)

Beginning Phase 2 of Northsky

In our latest newsletter, we discuss our plans for Northsky Phase 2, including IndieApp, Stratos private data, and scaling our moderation efforts: northskysocial.com/posts/beginn...

Drop us a message via the support form and we will get you sorted!

Thanks for tagging us! The first draft had ten selectors, will get the form updated asap.

Request for Immediate Migration Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

There's a form for escalation to immediate migration: tally.so/r/pbrDNJ

You can make a one-time contribution in any currency via Wise to support Northsky Social's ongoing development: wise.com/pay/business...

Another batch of invites sent out! Only ~100 this time.

We're onboarding some new folks who will help speed things up eventually, but training and onboarding takes time in the short term.

Thanks for your patience! 💚💜

forgot to mention we also have super inspiring examples to follow from outside the research space! @blackskyweb.xyz @subvert.fm @transrights.northsky.social

Support Request Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

If you’d prefer to continue in private just submit a request through the support form

tally.so/r/yPN6k6

Could you share a screenshot of what you see in the app in settings>moderation and scroll down to advanced?
And when you click to report a post then click through the reasons until it asks for moderation service?

Ah yeah, I wrote the domain then went back and started typing the https forgetting the app just converts it all.

Wait how did. Thanks autocorrect 🥲

Happy to help!

To the bluesky pds network, maybe there’s a button in the login area to set the pds url? It would be northsky.social

There should not be anything preventing you from using ATproto apps like blockenheimer or labelers. For the second, check if you still see them under settings>moderation in the app. If you’re using the bluesky app the reporting functionality is identical.
For blockenheimer, it might be defaulting

If you’re looking for E2E DMs on bluesky check out @germnetwork.com with its new in-app integration!

We've made our migrator service code repository public so other communities that would like an entry point to their PDS and backend-powered PDS migrations can fork and host their own!

Just over 2 months ago invites were sent out to welcome users to Northsky who used our migration tool to migrate. Throughout hundreds of migrations we've been fixing bugs and improving UX for a smoother experience to the point that we're now ready to release the source as we always intended.

Our cooperative member @ripperoni.com stood up a pronoun labeler after a popular community one shut down.

We have a different long-term solution in mind for our App, but this is a great solution for now!

We're not building alone, we're building together 💚💪💜

We are just around 1000 invites through our 7000+ waitlist. Thank you for your patience as we continue to scale up sustainably!

Recurring Support

Northsky is a Non-Profit Worker-Owned Cooperative and operates from the generosity of our donors.

Donations help keep our servers humming and are greatly appreciated: northskysocial.com/products/rec...

hang in there, you're a ways off, but you're on the list