no, blocks don't work here like they do on reddit. a block only mean they you won't see them anymore. they can still see you and interact with your posts/comments.
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2026
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Are you sure about this? I went to go read and found blogs saying that blocking stops interacting while only muting stops yourself from seeing their posts
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/fediverse-account-portability-and-blocking/
That’s a different platform (mastodon in this instance, which has symmetrical blocking). I’m referring to Lemmy. I believe piefed and mbin do the same thing.
edit: the post discusses account portability-- while the block, itself, carries across federated services, how that block functions depends on the service itself. Lemmy/piefed/mbin and Mastodon blocks don't work the same way.
I see. I am on a few instances, I guess I need to see if any of them have symmetrical
oh, it's not an instance-based option. it's simply not how the service handles blocking.
Edit: there was a big debate about it several years ago, and the lemmy devs were pretty straightforward that they chose to make it this way for a reason and wouldn't be changing it.
Also to add to this, Reddit blocks used to work like they do on Lemmy now, and the decision to change it there got a lot of negative feedback.
That's crap. Thank you.
Is it?
Everything is inherently public. Every post and comment is available to anyone with an account and everyone without one. All one would have to do is log out to see all your stuff again. You can't really block people from seeing you, when everything is always public.
No, doing anything else would be crap. You are free to ignore whomever you want, but demanding right to control what others see is insane.
It's more like "mute" than block.
I agree with you and did some. looking around. Mastodon at least has hard blocks. If nowhere else does, I'll be switching
edit: mbin/kbin appears to be a bust. they support hard blocking but only within their own servers
How does it work on other instances? Let's say I have an account on Mastodon and I post something on lemmy.world? I understand there is cross posting etc but what about cross blocking?
homes replied to my other comment that it's different between instances. we'll have to read about each ones to see what does what.
you misunderstoood-- it's not different between instances. it's just not how lemmy blocks work anywhere on lemmy. it's a platform issue. different platforms on the fediverse like mastodon or pixelfed may handle blocks differently, but, regardless of the lemmy instance (or piefed or mbin which interoperate with lemmy), all blocks work the same way: they're one-sided.
okay. thanks for clearing that up
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No., you are blocking them, you can't force them to block you.