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this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024
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Unpopular Opinion
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Block whole communities. That's what I started doing. There's one instance that I would like to block but that feature isn't available yet as far as I'm aware. Reddit was the same way around 10 years ago, it's been pruned and censored to the point where it's more appealing to the average worldwide user. I don't want that to happen to Lemmy; not to sound dismissive, but utilize your block list instead of calling for more/better mods.
Unfortunately Lemmy.world hasn't moved to version 0.19.x or else you would have the ability to block instances
Heavily waiting on this. Can't browse ALL without being spammed by lemmynsfw.
This is another instance I would like to block. The onlyfans brigade is strong on lemmy.
Worse: I’m gay so I can’t even enjoy the accidental peak.
It's not even enjoyable for me because it's literal spam posts. It's like the old school sex phone commercials. Doesn't matter what the hot girl is doing or saying in the commercial, just put my show back on.
Instance blocking exists now, I used to ban all hexbear communities when I saw them pop up, but now I just have a blanket ban on anything hexbear, so I dont need to do that anymore
Hexbear and lemmigrad. And I'm reaching the point of blocking lemmy.ml as well, if it wasn't for a few rare communities.
Did you do it through an app or browser?
I'm on lemm.ee on browser, I'm an old fart who refuses to download apps when it can be done over the internet
I'm not even that old (no offense) and I do that too. I'll use apps if it doesn't collect any data, and preferably FOSS, like Voyager. Anyways, thanks for the tip, I'll log in on browser for my instance blocking needs.
Edit: jk, according to another comment, it's not available on lemmy.world at the moment. Soon though.
The communities you block can still brigade the threads you read though.
I've blocked at least 50 porn communities in the last 5 months. Probably more.
I would probably still use reddit, but basically gave up on it when i could no longer block subreddits, yet they could still block me.