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 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.