People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad
They need to move to or at least join mastodon. Bluesky is corporate.
Submitted 1 day ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/08/palestinians-gaza-bluesky-spam
People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad
They need to move to or at least join mastodon. Bluesky is corporate.
Since when The Guardian requires sign-in?
Wait until they require identity verification. 💀
That’s fine. I draw the line at acquiring DNA samples via butt probe /s
misk@piefed.social 1 day ago
A cold take but soliciting donations by random anonymous social media accounts is very easily abused. I can believe there’s lots of spammers / scammers among them and they’ll cry foul same as any genuine charity.