Bluesky's website describes itself as "Social media as it should be." I'm all in favor of that. In fact, I use Bluesky to publicize every single new post on this very blog.
Imagine my surprise then when I found one of my posts on the platform had been dinged Wednesday by Bluesky's moderator, possibly a bot, as "Adult Content." I had been promoting my recent post on illustrator Edward Sorel's depiction of God creating autumn and its source material from the Italian Renaissance. What then was my offense?
Here then is my "sexually suggestive" "adult content," revealed:
I immediately submitted an appeal, of course, but the label hasn't been removed as of this posting. The censored image, for the sake of Bluesky employees and others who may have never seen it before, is Michelangelo's Creation of Adam (c. 1512) from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It's right there in the Vatican at the end of the museum tour. You can't miss it unless you don't look up. I borrowed the image from Wikipedia.
Note: You can follow me, docnad, on Bluesky here. Who knows?— I might even post more sexually suggestive adult content.
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