I did wonder if this article was putting way too much weight behind moderation being an adoption issue. If anything people want the tools to mute topics (bitcoin ahem). Bluesky has a somewhat dominant niche userbase where moderation is a super high priority. I'm not convinced that priority ranking is universally applicable. Eg Why is twitter so used and I believe growing(?)?  With seemingly less moderation? Or an increased hands-off approach. Bluesky has eaten the exodus of those against twitter's approach and they are happy there, I doubt this is as universal. 

 I've been acquainted with Rabble for a few years from SSB. He was pushing the same centralised moderation schemes there, but the pushback was so fierce he left SSB, at least for a while. 

 Let me Google SSB lol 

 Secure Scuttlebutt.

Its like Nostr, but slower and with some weird quirks.

The crowd is pretty far left on average compared to Nostr, but more Antifa than Establishment.

They didn't like the push for censorship. Less than us, even. Rabble is practically a swearword in parts of SSB, but i haven't checked in for ages... 

 You can't say scuttlebutt without saying butt and being put on the list 😢 

 Yeah. People on secure scuttlebutt refer to themselves as butts. :) There have been so many bad jokes.  

 👀👀👀 sounds like somewhere I might enjoy 

 Surprised, he sounds like their kinda people. 

 Cool name 

 So this is like, his thing or something? 

 Consistently for the last 4-5 years at least... 

 So then making it out to be about recent events about 'womens experiences' on Nostr sounds a little disingenious. If it's your 'thing', and there is investors and shit, it seems ripe for a 'false flag' event.

Just thinking out loud. 

 Why wait for the iron to be hot before striking, make the iron hot BY striking.

ie. Make a few accounts, ruffle a few feathers, get everyone crying, then do a quick costume change, come in like superman, but with censorship, and make a few bucks from investors.

Hypothetically.