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[+] bingBingBongBong@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Heads up, I can assure you the Lemmygrad and Hexbear folks are not trolling. They are legitimate believers of Chinese/Russian/North Korean talking points, and some of them even live there

Welcome to the federated Internet

[+] bingBingBongBong@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] MBM@lemmings.world 12 points 2 months ago

One reason why lemm.ee might not be the best newbie instance, most others have lemmygrad and hexbear defederated (read: blocked). You can block them yourself in your profile settings, or you can move to a different instance.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 2 months ago

That depends on who your instance is federated with. Personally I have never seen any posts from them.

I think you can easily block their instances, but sure it's not the best starting point for new users.

[-] larks@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

It's everyone right to have an opinion, regardless of what their political affiliation is, as long as it doesn't devolve into extremism.

[-] Pipster 1 points 2 months ago

Indeed and what I also love about federation is it is also within your rights to not give people a platform or be forced to listen to them. If people don't like what they have to say then they will still be able to shout but only into the void and echo chambers.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Lemmy.ca is a nice instance if you are looking for one that blocks those instances. The fascists were here before people from reddit started moving over, but as people started coming over that aspect started getting diluted. Now you just have to choose an instance that doesn't federate with them.

[-] accideath@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

In Voyager I can block instances in the settings. Not sure if that’s only voyager/specific apps or if that’s a Lemmy default.

Besides that, migrating to an instance that has defederated from lemmygrad also works. I’m on lemmy.world and I’ve never seen anything from 'grad.

[-] dickalan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Ditto. I’m using this instance right now and I have never seen any of them so why don’t you come on over here? It’s nicer.

[-] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

You can always check the /instances endpoint of every lemmy server to see its blocked instances.

[-] TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

If you are using the Connect app for Lemmy, you can block Hexbear and Lemmygrad in the settings. I did that as well.

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