Big news #Medsky, we're testing out a new feature from @graze.social – personalization!
Previously, each @medsky.social feed showed everyone the same posts. Now thanks to personalization, posts you like tailor the algorithm to find content just for you!
Try it out and let me know what you think!
March is here which means that #MatchDay2026 is right around the corner! Check out the Match feed to celebrate all the medical students who have worked so hard to come this far.
Best of luck #Medsky Class of 2026!
For all the pediatricians and anyone wanting to keep up with children’s health, like and pin the Pediatrics 🦄 Medsky feed!
Say hello to the newest Medsky feed, #Nursesky!
This feed is built using curation lists of nurses and nursing organizations across the Atmosphere, and like all our other feeds has built in protections against harassment and medical misinformation.
Pin and like the feed and join the conversation!
Today, one of our fellow healthcare workers was brutally murdered by ICE Agents in Minneapolis.
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse, beloved by his colleagues, & described by family as a "kindhearted soul" who "wanted to make a difference in this world."
May we continue to help others in his memory.
RIP
Hey #Medsky and fans of #ThePitt! Decided to make a new feed for the show since season 2 started this week.
Pin and like the feed and join in!
Check out what’s trending on Medsky over at Medsky High Yield!
Hit the "Like" and "Pin" buttons and join the conversation!
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Now is a great time to subscribe to @medsky.social, which will let you see the medical specialties of accounts across the Medsky network, as well as moderation labels that identify medical misinformation!
Label in Portuguese “A Desinformação Sobre Vacinas Algo usado para dissuadir o público da vacinação, utilizando informações falsas, imprecisas ou enganosas sobre vacinas, de acordo com as melhores evidências disponíveis no momento. As vacinas são um tratamento preventivo seguro e eficaz, e a imunização atualmente previne de 3,5 a 5 milhões de mortes por ano. A desinformação relacionada à vacinação leva à hesitação vacinal, o que alimenta surtos de doenças. Sempre consulte um médico ou outro profissional de saúde antes de tomar decisões relacionadas à sua saúde com base em informações lidas online e sempre consulte fontes de saúde online confiáveis antes de compartilhar informações que possam conter informações incorretas.”
Label in Spanish “A Desinformación Sobre Vacunas Algo utilizado para disuadir al público de vacunarse, utilizando información falsa, inexacta o engañosa sobre las vacunas, según la mejor evidencia disponible en ese momento. Las vacunas son un tratamiento preventivo seguro y eficaz, y actualmente previenen entre 3,5 y 5 millones de muertes al año. La desinformación relacionada con la vacunación genera reticencias a vacunarse, lo que fomenta brotes de enfermedades. Siempre consulte a un médico u otro profesional de la salud antes de tomar decisiones sobre su salud basándose en información que lea en internet, y siempre consulte recursos de salud confiables en línea antes de compartir información que pueda contener información errónea.”
Moderation labels on @medsky.social are also in other languages!
Misinformation labels are now in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
If you’re interested in helping expand the label’s to other languages. Reach out via DMs!
Community moderation is how we create safer spaces online for everyone.
Medsky community, you're our eyes & ears. If you see misinformation, report using the "Misleading" option & @medsky.social will review & label according.
Remember: don't feed the trolls, just report, mute/block, & move on.
These moderation decisions are not taken lightly, are based on established science and advice of medical experts, and taken to prevent the spread of misinformation that is harmful to the public.
Thank you to the members of the Medsky community who submitted reports.
Vaccine Misinformation label, with toggle freature highlighted. There is an option for "Off", "Warn", and "Hide"
You also have the ability to hide these accounts entirely using the "HIDE" toggle on the label menu, or deactivate the labels using the "OFF" toggle.
As with the "Medical Misinformation" label, labeled accounts will be added to the Misinformation Blocklist.
This will prevent accounts from appearing on the Medsky feeds, and is available to the general public to follow at their own discretion.
Label definition for “Vaccine Misinformation” on @medsky.social “A Vaccine Misinformation Content used to dissuade the public from vaccination using information regarding vaccines that is false, inaccurate, or misleading according to the best available evidence at the time. Vaccines are a safe and effective preventive treatment, and immunization currently prevents 3.5 million to 5 million deaths every year. Misinformation related to vaccination leads to vaccine hesitancy which fuels disease outbreaks. Always consult a physician or other healthcare provider before making decisions regarding your health based on information you read on the internet, and always check credible health resources online prior to sharing information that may contain misinformation.”
Blurred out posts from accounts with the anti vaccine label
In light of the ACIP decision regarding the Hepatitis B vaccine and the identification this morning of multiple automated substack accounts sharing vaccine misinformation, we have introduced a “Vaccine Misinformation” label into our label catalog.
This label will blur posts from labeled accounts.
Tomorrow, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (made up primarily of vaccine skeptics appointed by RFK Jr) will be voting on whether to continue recommending the Hep B vaccine for newborns. This will likely be contentious.
You can follow updates tomorrow with the ACIP feed.
We've also updated our moderation list. You can now find it on our main account.
This list will be used to prevent bad actors from appearing on the Medsky feeds. If you'd like to prevent these same accounts from appearing on your skyline, you can subscribe to the list below.
We've also updated our moderation list. You can now find it on our main account.
This list will be used to prevent bad actors from appearing on the Medsky feeds. If you'd like to prevent these same accounts from appearing on your skyline, you can subscribe to the list below.
Label definition for Medical Misinformation: “This user has received a label due to the dissemination of medical misinformation. False or misleading medical information is a threat to the general public and can cause individuals to make decisions that have dangerous consequences for their health. Always consult a physician or other healthcare provider before making decisions regarding your health based on information you read on the internet, and always check credible health resources online prior to sharing information that may contain misinformation.”
Reporting section under Bluesky moderation
Account with medical misinformation label
We’re rolling out a new moderation system for the Medsky Network. Now, you can use our labeler to report misleading medical content that appears on our feeds.
Select “Misleading” when reporting content on Bluesky to send reports to Medsky.
NOTE: Reports should also be sent to @moderation.bsky.app
You can follow along as health experts and reporters across the Medsky network discuss HIV medicine on World AIDS Day using our HIV/AIDS topics feed!
Following credible sources for information is more important than ever.
You can follow the @topics.medsky.social CDC feed to follow the latest news around the recent changes to vaccine information on the CDC's website.
Home page for @medsky.social with a red circle highlighting the "Subscrube to Labeler" button
Account page for @aafp.org with a "Family Medicine" label at the bottom
Account page for @who.int with a "Global Health" label at the bottom
A post by @richferro.com that says "I love Family Medicine!" with a "Family Medicine" label on the post
The @medsky.social's labeler has been updated, making labeling easier than ever!
In the last 24 hours, we've labeled over 150 new accounts and introduced new labels to our catalog including the highly-requested "Nursing" label!
Hit the subscribe button and see your colleague's labels!
I’m also going to be going sunsetting certain dual-specialty #Medsky labels over the next few days.
If you have a dual specialty label, you may notice that your account switches from a single dual-specialty label to two single-specialty labels.
The @medsky.social labeler is finally running on Ozone, and I'm happy to announce the long delayed intro of the Nursing label (MANY more new labels to come).
The labeler still needs to be automated so in the meantime people who comment under this post requesting the label can get it.
Label list for @medsky.social, in the list is EMS, Nursing, Healthcare Administration, and Home Health
Close up of Nursing label for @medsky.social
#Medsky update
6 months and several gray hairs later
You can share all the fun you’re having at this weekend’s @amia.org conference using the #AMIA2025 hashtag, which will be adding posts to our informatics feed shared below!
🧪 On my way to Atlanta for @amia.org’s Annual Symposium! So excited to see friend & colleagues, and to learn all the latest on #AI & medicine.
I’ll be posting using the #AMIA2025 hashtag (feel free to mute if it gets to be too much 😅)
You can also follow along via the Informatics feed on #MedSky!
As we enter flu season, keep up-to-date on the latest public health updates from infectious disease and public health experts using the @topics.medsky.social "Influenza" feed.
