Simon Willison’s Weblog
Private School Labeler on Bluesky. I am utterly delighted by this subversive use of Bluesky's labels feature, which allows you to subscribe to a custom application that then adds visible labels to profiles.
The feature was designed for moderation, but this labeler subverts it by displaying labels on accounts belonging to British public figures showing which expensive private school they went to and what the current fees are for that school.
These labels are only visible to users who have deliberately subscribed to the labeler. Unsurprisingly, some of those labeled aren't too happy about it!
The fees information is the current fees of the school. You got the same privileges and advantages from the school regardless of how it was paid for.
On the one hand, there are clearly opportunities for abuse here. But given the opt-in nature of the labelers, this doesn't feel hugely different to someone creating a separate webpage full of information about Bluesky profiles.
