Bluesky adds (broken) age verification (opens in new tab)

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12 pointsneogodless22d ago6 comments

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Almost certainly no big loss. One more social network pushing me out.

https://imgur.com/a/nCodoF5 <- broken age verification prompts.

Breaks on both Firefox and Edge. I don't have Chrome installed to test it on.

See also: https://gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e27b24a83838202908808ad528... Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.

Natfan22d ago

content not available, please use a better image host that doesn't blanket region block

https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgu...

neogodlessOP22d ago

What host would you suggest?

egorfine22d ago

The gist sadly doesn't work. I have tried local overrides and it still redirects to modal screen.

I have been able to login to bluesky via third-party client to publish farewell post.

Absolutely fuck that.

Natfan22d ago

you've just linked to the root site, which loads perfectly fine for me when not signed in. is there any additional blog post to delineate the changes made?

neogodlessOP22d ago

https://bsky.social/about/blog/04-21-2025-verification A New Form of Verification on Bluesky April 21, 2025

https://bsky.social/about/blog/09-10-2025-age-assurance-appr... Our Approach to Age Assurance September 8, 2025

I'm in the U.S. but not a state that has this requirement. No idea why it's requiring it for me (nor why it's so broken.)

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6 comments

neogodlessOP22d ago

Almost certainly no big loss. One more social network pushing me out.

https://imgur.com/a/nCodoF5 <- broken age verification prompts.

Breaks on both Firefox and Edge. I don't have Chrome installed to test it on.

See also: https://gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e27b24a83838202908808ad528... Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.

Natfan22d ago

content not available, please use a better image host that doesn't blanket region block

https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgu...

neogodlessOP22d ago

What host would you suggest?

egorfine22d ago

The gist sadly doesn't work. I have tried local overrides and it still redirects to modal screen.

I have been able to login to bluesky via third-party client to publish farewell post.

Absolutely fuck that.

Natfan22d ago

you've just linked to the root site, which loads perfectly fine for me when not signed in. is there any additional blog post to delineate the changes made?

neogodlessOP22d ago

https://bsky.social/about/blog/04-21-2025-verification A New Form of Verification on Bluesky April 21, 2025

https://bsky.social/about/blog/09-10-2025-age-assurance-appr... Our Approach to Age Assurance September 8, 2025

I'm in the U.S. but not a state that has this requirement. No idea why it's requiring it for me (nor why it's so broken.)

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