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’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.
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.
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.
Thanks for the reminder!
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.
np
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.
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.
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.
Why? It’s like blocking Mastodon. All they can do is post comments.
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.
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Every yiff spinoff that keeps popping up
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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
As a sports nut - specifically football (American) - I wish there was a lot more engagement on this instance. It’s one of the only things that keeps me going back to Reddit on Sundays.
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
nice
Reddit reposting instances like lemmit.online, zerobytes.monster
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
Man I want to block zerobytes.monster so badly
I don’t block Instances. I just espouse classic American liberal ideas around freedom and equality and let them ban me.
The high effort version of blocking
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.
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…
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. )=
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.
None right now.
I block communities, not groups of users. I usually don’t have a problem with the actual users on an instance, I mostly just want to avoid porn (I don’t use lemmy for that, nothing wrong with it, though)
The only instance I would block is Threads but my instance admin is doing that already.
Foreign instances
Why don’t instances/communities have languages and let us filter by language? Seems like a huge oversight.
I mean, comments have languages and you can filter but the automatic detection isn’t very good.
The ability to mark communities as being a certain language by default (applying to all posts and comments unless specified or detected otherwise) would be great though.
I have no idea how to block an instance. I only just figured out I can block communities.
Your instance hasn’t updated so it is not an option yet. When they do update it will be on the same page underneath the community block option.
You can in the latest version of Lemmy that came out just a few days ago and is still not installed on most instances.
But how do you do it? Are there instructions?
I was searching to find an answer and came across this discussion, so for others asking: how to block an instance? (or alternatively: how to block instances? additional search terms to help find this: blocking instance on Lemmy? Lemmy instance blocking?)
If you’re on the web version of your Lemmy site/instance, click your username>settings>blocks, and this next part may depend on your display resolution or amount of blocked users/communities, but in any event: scroll down/look to the bottom left and if your instance is on the latest version of Lemmy there should be a new box labeled Block instance.
Click the menu/button to the right of the Block instance text and a search dropdown will appear. Type in or copy/paste the name of the instance you want to block, and if your site/instance has connected to it, it should show up in the search results. Click the result and wait a moment till the message “[instance name] blocked” appears. Depending on what your site/instance’s running on, general traffic, or other technical things, the time for that message appearing may vary.
Regardless, if you don’t see an immediate response, don’t be thrown off, it’s just taking some time.
p.s. giving a mention to ya @RainfallSonata@lemmy.world so you’ll see this reply too. Btw, like your name!
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
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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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.
All this furry crap that keeps popping up.
I prefer to block residents and not entire neighbourhoods.
Many of these are self-selecting neighborhoods though, these are not the result of oppressive policies.
