On version 0.19 you can block instances so that you don’t see any posts from that instance, instead of having to block communities one by one, you still see comments from users of that instance in other posts so it isn’t completely blocking the instance.
I browse All and my instance isn’t that well connected, so maybe just the nsfw one so i don’t get a surprise boobies on my screen in public
Heavily considering blocking sh.itjust.works to be honest. That instance now has admins that care but for a very long time they didn’t. Led to a lot of bad actors making accounts on that instance because they knew they could get away with more. Most trolls I’ve seen lately are from that instance and its getting a little exhausting.
Past two days I’ve seen pure CP posted without NSFW tags on or anything from that place. I’m also considering blocking it.
No you didn’t
The troll thing was going on a few weeks ago but I haven’t seen any activity like that recently. I sometimes use that instance directly as well as a kbin and a couple others. I browse New generally and haven’t seen any illicit content either.
Really? I haven’t seen that and I’m on a lot. Maybe it’s on communities I don’t frequent? Which are you taking about?
It’s not a specific community. I’ve been here since August and have nearly 1.5k posts across a wide variety of communities and wide variety of instances. In that time I’ve seen more and more bad faith comments from people with the SJW instance tag. It’s not universal but it is noticable. Due to my frequent posting, I also have gotten to know admins from multiple instances and all of them have expressed the same frustration. To its credit, SJW did get new admins within the past month or so that are working hard to fix shit and don’t take it lightly.
Just an example of what can happen when mods and admins let things slide for a while.
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None, I only browse communities I subscribe to.
Bro, I swear most Lemmy users don’t know they can subscribe to communities… Like WTF why hurt yourself blocking half the Fediverse when browsing Everything instead of doing less of a work just subscribing to shit you actually like…
When I was on Reddit I just browsed my own communities with the best sort and called it a day… For 10 years-ish lol.
That’s how I do it, but I know a lot of people don’t. It’s obvious in some of my smaller communities like Colorado Politics when a article takes off.
ani.social
yiffi or whatever its called
Non english instances
The fan-something one that seems to be solely football/sports
alien.top thats just bots reposting reddit content
Fanaticus.social
Thats the one
I 90 percent of the time browse my list of communities.
The other ten percent, I explore the All feed. It’s filled with so many communities that do not interest me.
I don’t think I will be blocking any instances for now as it helps in exploring new groups.
Same boat as you - most of my time is spent on subscribed, not /all
No need for me to block anything at the moment tbh…
Every yiff spinoff that keeps popping up
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None. I use whitelists, not blacklists.
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Why? It’s like blocking Mastodon. All they can do is post comments.
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So, more reasonably put, we produce value. Many of us do not want our value to contribute to facebook’s success in any way.
It would be lemmy success.
I’m of the opinion that Lemmy’s success will depend more on the quality of product the devs at lemmy.ml build, and less on our exposure to a large audience.
Strange because lemmy.world is the leading dev community.
Are we now? I know the lemmy.ml guys were the original devs, but an open source project can be devved by anyone, they just make their own branches.
Thanks for the reminder!
np
Not that you’ll be able to see content posted to Threads from Lemmy anyway - you cannot post threads (in the Fediverse sense) from Threads (the platform), and microblog posts are generally not visible from Lemmy. So it might make sense as a matter of principle, but it’s not going to change anything for you.
I’m going to be jumping ship should .world federate with Threads. I’ll find a different instance.
I know we will be able block Threads individually, but I don’t agree with federating with them on ethical principles.
I feel like it’s a failure to insulate the users from extremism and a company that deserves absolutely no trust or endorsement.
Edit: Blocking Threads on an individual basis does not prevent Threads users’ comments from being displayed on federated instances. Even if users Block Threads, they will still be exposed to the rampant hate, harassment, and extremism on the platform.
Ruud is generally pro-Threads federation. We have a lot of time to change his mind though. I think he knows his stance is outnumbered something like 5 to 1.
I agree. The .world admins have been very down to Earth and reasonable thus far. I’m hoping they see reason here and do not make a decision in opposition to the majority of their userbase, which also threatens the safety of their users.
According to https://fedipact.veganism.social/?v=2, lemmy.world is federated.
Thanks for sharing. I’ll be voicing my opposition in hopes that it contributes to changing that status.
According to a post by one of the LW admins in mastodon, they won’t think about defederating unless it causes them “trouble”
Well let’s hope massive outrage by the majority of their userbase falls into the category of “trouble” then.
Except i genuinely don’t see their being massive outrage, as the user can block the instance so why would they need to defederate?
Blocking the instance does not stop Threads comments from being displayed on any federated instance.
Even if a user blocks Threads, they will still be exposed to misinformation and hateful, extremist comments/users.
I know it invites downvotes, but I really don’t get this.
Isn’t the entire point of federation to remove closed spaces? By blocking Threads, it basically means that the sole interaction many people will have with the fediverse is that it’s a closed ecosystem that deems itself too important to converse with you.
Even if you, like most, hate Meta, what have their users done wrong other than try to interact with your communities? If your fear is that Meta will control the fediverse, then you’ve built a closed ecosystem that’s essentially no different to Reddit. If your fear is that their community won’t like the same things you like, again, it’s a closed ecosystem.
The best thing the fediverse could do is to embrace threads. Make this place the best place on the internet, and make them want to actually join in. If they break rules, by all means, ban them, but to dismiss so many people is as closed as it gets.
At the most basic, Facebook (they changed to Meta as a PR thingy, mostly) thrives on being a closed broker extracting from the open world. It is not that I predict they will break things here, it is that they have consistently demonstrated that is their only way of making profits. It all starts nice and smooth. Until it isn’t.
Isn’t the entire point of federation to remove closed spaces?
Not necessary. Your instance still can just not federate with anyone.
By blocking Threads, it basically means that the sole interaction many people will have with the fediverse is that it’s a closed ecosystem
Yes, and by not blocking Threads we let it to become a de-facto standard way to consume content on the Fediverse. If users want to avoid closed ecosystems, they can just create an acc on one of many mastodon or lemmy instances.
If your fear is that Meta will control the fediverse, then you’ve built a closed ecosystem that’s essentially no different to Reddit.
Blocking a single bad actor = being fully centralised. Again, create an account on the instances that don’t feed on your data and mental wellbeing.
I don’t block Instances. I just espouse classic American liberal ideas around freedom and equality and let them ban me.
How do I block all posts+comments from people from hexbear and lemmygrad? I know you can block posts(?) now but how do I block everything?
Honestly, I’m not sure. You can make a thread in the lemmy support sub if you want, someone will probably answer pretty quick.
This comment might not get seen much, since this post is from yesterday I think.
The high effort version of blocking
hexbear
If only it blocked the users too.
It blocks their replies from reaching your inbox but I really wish it blocked their comments generally too or at least put them behind a content warning/hides it.
All the NSFW ones that I can think of. I hate that some of their posts aren’t tagged properly, so when I look at the All feed they slip in there. )=
At first probably just the nsfw instances since I’m not here for porn and foreign language instances since I can’t really interact with them anyway. That alone should help clean up my feed a lot. After that no idea, I’m normally fine just blocking individual communities but if I see an instance where I’m seemingly blocking all their communities, I’ll just block the instance.
Does the option also block users? That would be bad in this case
I’m honestly not sure. I only just heard that instance blocking was coming with this update. I’m not sure if it’s like defederating (aka complete block) or just blocks their communities or what.
Beehaw, actually. It’s a space for LGBTQ+++ people and I don’t need to be in their space. Edit: I also completely disagree with their philosophy, so it’s better for everyone if we keep ourselves separated.
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Been my experience as well.
I disagree with the instance’s philosophy. I think “be nice” leads to a lot of unintended consequences and echo chambering. Edit to add: One of the Seven Tenets of The Satanic Temple is: “The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s own.”. I don’t go out of my way to troll; however, I feel that Beehaw’s instance philosophy does not align with the idea that we have the freedom to offend with our own opinions.
Conversely, I am not LGBTQ+ and I don’t need to be in their space. They get to deal with normies all the time in everyday life.
Conversely, I am not LGBTQ+ and I don’t need to be in their space. They get to deal with normies all the time in everyday life.
Tbh this experience explains the be nice rule. We often get to be treated badly in everyday life. Many of us experience a passive level of hostility and interrogation just out in the world living our lives. A portion of people internalize a portion of what they hear, which leads to hostility and conflict within the community. To counter the flow of outside hate into the group, many LGBTQ+ communities have that sort of blanket tone rule. When you’re sorting out that you’re a different and controversial type of person, it’s important to have a space to express yourself without intense scrutiny. You need a place where it is safe to be wrong, because you’re often declared wrong and attacked just for being there, so you can’t judge your own thoughts and feelings. It’s important that people in that position can be helped and directed without being stifled. Otherwise the true form of the self can be lost to self defense conformity.
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Man I want to block zerobytes.monster so badly
This one quite easy case, just block the bot and you wouldn’t see any of it from those instance.
First two instances I blocked as soon my instance switched to .19 :) My “all” feed is so good now
LemmyNSFW (nothing against it, but I’m not here for that)
Hexbear
These are the only two
same but + lemmygrad and threads
My instance already blocks those, otherwise I’d add those as well
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