Comment by steveklabnik

> I'm especially curious to learn about the moderation layer in-depth.

You'll want to read:

* "Composable Moderation," this is the core conceptual idea: https://bsky.social/about/blog/4-13-2023-moderation

* "Moderation in a Public Commons," which describes specific features that were added in pursuit of the previously-described goal https://bsky.social/about/blog/6-23-2023-moderation-proposal...

* "Bluesky 2023 Moderation Report," which discusses specifically how (what is now) the main instance was moderated last year https://bsky.social/about/blog/01-16-2024-moderation-2023