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Before this week, Bluesky, the , did not have a system in place to automatically prevent people from registering usernames that featured the n-word as part of their handle. On Wednesday, the company received multiple reports of someone who had the slur in their username. And while Bluesky eventually dealt with the issue, many are upset by the fact the startup did not seem to apologize for the oversight. Instead, on early Saturday morning, days after the incident occurred, Bluesky appeared to frame the event as a one-off that was swiftly addressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Wednesday, users reported an account that had a slur as its handle. This handle was in violation of our community guidelines, and it was our mistake that allowed it to be created,\u201d the company <\/a>. \u201c40 minutes after it was reported, the account was taken down, and the code that allowed this to occur was patched.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bluesky went on to claim it had in recent months \u201cmade significant investments\u201d in its Trust and Safety team, and that it would continue to invest in \u201cmoderation, feedback, and support systems\u201d that would scale with the platform\u2019s growing user base. Bluesky did not immediately respond to Engadget\u2019s comment request. Days before issuing a statement on the situation, the company, as caught by <\/em><\/a>, quietly added the n-word, and nearly four dozen other ethnic and racial slurs, to a list of \u201creserved\u201d words.<\/p>\n

Bluesky's statement, when it did come, appears to have been prompted by a viral <\/a> penned by Scott Hirleman, the host of the <\/a>. Hirleman tagged the company\u2019s executive team, including CEO Jay Graber, and accused Bluesky of failing to address an \u201cincredibly bad anti-blackness problem\u201d on its social network. \u201cIf you don\u2019t want to run a social media platform, split the company in twain and go focus on the protocol and fund the platform with another team that cares,\u201d Hirleman added. As of the writing of this article, the post has more than 700 reactions and about 50 comments.<\/p>\n

No social media network is free from racists, but the fact that Bluesky didn\u2019t already filter for something so basic as the n-word is surprising when you consider Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is one of the company\u2019s backers. Under Dorsey\u2019s leadership, Twitter was often ineffective with and could have frequently done more to protect Black people and other marginalized users.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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