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Say, Bluesky has public lists of accounts that users curate which helps a ton with onboarding. We have lists too, but only you can see your own lists.

Am I missing something? This seems a pretty obvious feature that only needs a minor code change? Or am I missing something and can I see other people's lists?

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modulux
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The usual thing: consent/privacy reasons suggest that people shouldn't be included in lists that are publicly accessible without asking them first. So the feature doesn't exist in that form.
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Emil Jacobs - Collectifission
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@modulux That seems a dull reason not to do something (frankly a weird reason too as public profiles are ... public; and inconsistent as trolls and spambots don't consent to be added to block lists), with, conceptually, an easy fix: opt in.
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I don't necessarily disagree, though I'd point out blocklists are not generally public. The opt-in solution would work, if it got implemented. I expect it's work to add another profile flag and propagate it around through the fedi.

I agree that public lists would be good to have, with the proviso of op-tin. Imagine something like "fedi communist list" from some anticom org. It's annoying, but the privacy and harrassment concern is real.

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Robert Kingett
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There's already instances on Bluesky where people are being added to starter packs they didn't/don't want to be in.
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modulux
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Which doesn't sound like a lot of fun. For it to fly here it's going to have to be opt-in.
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