If I as a user don’t want to interact with or amplify an instance - such as lemmy.ml - for whatever reason

Is there a way to do so? I’ve been blocking individual communities on Lemmy.ml to avoid amplifying that instance. But more pop up. Is there any way for me as a user to block an entire instance?

  • coldredlight@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I’m new so this may not be completely accurate but my understanding is that individual users can’t block other instances entirely, that can only be done at the instance level by the instance admins. Individual users can only block other individual users or communities.

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    1 year ago

    If you were running your own (even single-user) instance of lemmy, you could defederate with any instance and still participate in others as normal.

    • ATGM 🚀@beehaw.orgOP
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      1 year ago

      Since the developers are the problem, it’s probably not likely they’ll implement. But I’ll keep on eye on this and maybe contribute if there is a soft fork.

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        I don’t think I’d view them as a problem here. They need to triage the issues and they’re going to focus their efforts on things they see as a bigger benefit. They haven’t indicated that they would deny code contributions to add this feature.

        • ATGM 🚀@beehaw.orgOP
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          1 year ago

          We’ll have to see, but by my past experiences with Tankies and other authoritarians, I don’t expect reasonable behavior.

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            1 year ago

            They have shown a history of being open to contributions to Lemmy separate from their extreme political opinions. But you need to choose how you spend your efforts, I understand not wanting to risk having your effort essentially wasted by having your contributions denied.

            • ATGM 🚀@beehaw.orgOP
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              1 year ago

              Personally, I wouldn’t contribute to a project controlled by authoritarians - But I also understand why others would.

              The reason I wanted to block the instance to begin with is mostly so I can use Lemmy without feeling compelled to focus on these issues.

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                Well I mean the problem is we are using it, so we need to fork it or not if we are going that route. But making a contribution and having it denied is the first step to a fork.