Can we block entire instances? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Anticorp@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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There are a couple of instances that are clearly misaligned with my values, but they're very active, so a lot of the communities keep popping up in my feed. I've been blocking the communities, but it would be pretty cool if I could just block the entire instance. I know an instance can defederate from another instance. Is there a way for an individual user to do something similar, short of spinning up an entire instance myself?

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[-] nekahat@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While I'm upset that OP doesn't want to see hexbear posts, this is actually a good idea. It's practically impossible to block an instance's communities one by one. I just want to be able to filter them out from the "All" view. I have no issues with individual users' comments showing up. Federation is awesome but I'd like to have the tools to customize "All" to my liking. (edit: Alternatively consider adding another customizable view mode next to subscribed/local/all)

Also please consider the suggestion posted here: https://hexbear.net/comment/3744501

[-] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 1 points 1 year ago

That seems like a pretty cool idea - though I do think there would also need to be a push for mobile apps to support a similar concept. While I personally don't, I am sure there are plenty of people who only browse the Fediverse on mobile.

Also on a side note, those are some pretty good additions to Hexbear's code of conduct.

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