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The social graph, at least in Bluesky's own collection[0], is made up of the sum of follow records in individual repositories on PDSes. Anyone can enumerate them.

[0] A collection is basically an app's particular set of records stored in a user's PDS repository. Here's an example using the Bluesky CTO's follow records: https://pdsls.dev/at://did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd/app....

These are summed up by Bluesky's app server (app view) and then used to fill out following lists in apps that connect to that server through its API.

A fact checking or web of trust tool could pull these records down and use it for exactly this purpose. It could even weight by who they repost, for example.



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