• stanka@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I escaped ads and a dictatorship only to come here and be told how great communism is with an even greater frequency.

    Blocking hexbear communities just led to those users going to other instances and making the whack-a-mole more difficult.

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      1 year ago

      This whole federated system is about whack-a-mole.

      I hate politics, so I filter it out. Oh, look, somebody spun up a new instance! Time to filter out the same fucking communities I filtered on every other goddamn instance.

      Sports is another one. I hoped everything would end up on fanaticus.social but no, we need our own communities on our own instances, making it so that there are seven communities dedicated to the same team.

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        1 year ago

        I would recommend using a client that allows instance and/or keyword blocking. I believe Sync and Connect on Android offer these features amongst others. I would also raise this issue with the dev of whatever client you’re using, as a lot of clients now have this feature.

        The Lemmy backend is also getting instance blocking shortly.

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          1 year ago

          I’m a pretty old fashioned guy, I don’t really use the mobile apps, so I’m hoping for the backend update sooner rather than later, since I use the mlmym layout wherever available.

          I have Connect on my phone but I don’t use it often.

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            1 year ago

            That’s fair. Instance blocking at the lemmy level will be a hugely popular feature. The backend feature is merging very soon!

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      1 year ago

      That’s a bit of paranoia to think people from Hexbear are out to spread their evil ideas to polute your mind any way they can…

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        1 year ago

        I dont think it is because of me, but if they are getting fewer reactions they might apread out.