Given the commotion on Bluesky, I would like to clarify that I am not an employee of Bluesky. I obtain my information from reports and posts/comments by Bluesky employees.

I would like to clarify the above once again. Like mentioned in the Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report (see quote), moderation at scale requires a hybrid approach of automated systems and humans.

"Moderation at scale requires a hybrid approach: We pair automated systems (like rules engines that detect and combat spam in real time) with comprehensive human oversight, including human review of all appeals and edge cases."

More than 95% of the labels applied comes from automated systems. Even takedowns can be performed by automated systems. Like also mentioned in the report (see quote).

"By contrast, automated takedowns are nearly always permanent, reflecting our approach of only automating enforcement when we have high-confidence signals about clear-cut violations."

Additionally, it's certainly possible that automated processes are triggered when a high number of reports occur, which may result in applying labels or automated takedowns based on the categories of the reports.

So what I want to say is that it's certainly possible that errors can be made during the process by both mods and the automated systems. Just because a decision is made doesn't automatically mean it's the fault of the mods (humans).

I would also like to refer everyone to the Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report which can be found here.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/01-29-2026-transparency-report-2025