Randomly, a couple of weeks ago I changed my default interaction settings so that to reply to me you needed to be following me (or me following you or mentioning you) and at a first pass, it has decreased the amount of drive-by idiocy in my replies by a noticeable amount.
https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifxuic3mbgnhojzy2teowsaiieucos57lxqwqvlvvox6ujh5z3t54
Mike Masnick /
npub1x7…k70d5
2025-05-09 22:29:55
Author Public Key
npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5Published at
2025-05-09 22:29:55Event JSON
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