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submitted 10 months ago by Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I feel like things on Lemmy were pretty chill several months ago, and that’s started to change.

People used to talk each other like they would talk to a neighbor. Now I get the sense that people have become quick to be negative, attack, and not be constructive.

Am I crazy in feeling like the vibe has changed?

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[-] SnotFlickerman 101 points 10 months ago

You can see them jumping from Lemmy server to Lemmy server as they get banned from each.

Eventually, they'll just set up their own instances so they can bother people with impunity.

[-] themadcodger@kbin.social 66 points 10 months ago

And then we block that instance! Or it gets defederated.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 37 points 10 months ago

It would be super nice if users could block instances.

Like, I have no desire to see anything from the furry instance.

[-] mom@nom.mom 50 points 10 months ago

It became a thing in Lemmy 0.19 - as long as you're on an instance that has updated to that, it should be available to you. At the bottom of the settings page in the web ui, but if you use an app they might not expose that to you yet.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think that came with version 0.19.1 specifically.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 9 points 10 months ago

I hadn't realized it had been implemented yet since I don't use the browser. Thanks for the update!

[-] seathru@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

You can on instances running .19 or newer. Settings -> Blocks -> then at the bottom is an option for blocking instances.

[-] Traegert@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Connect has been able to do that from the get go. As well as individual communities within instances.

[-] growsomethinggood@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

You can do this with certain apps, like Boost!

[-] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Or Connect (Android)

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 10 months ago

Huh, I guess I haven't tried it recently, because that's what I'm using.

[-] federalreverse@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

I think that's coming (or is it implemented already!?)?

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago

I totally thought that was in 0.19 but I haven't actually seen that yet.

[-] seathru@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

It's under Settings -> Blocks -> then down at the bottom is the block instances option.

[-] ShittyKopper 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

the 0.19 implementation is so half-assed I genuinely think the Lemmy devs just don't want that functionality but expected quite a lot of backlash if they outright said as much, so they decided to implement something that ticks the box in the "wanted features" list without having any effect

afaik it only blocks communities and explicitly lets users from blocked instances through

[-] nutomic@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago

Feel free to make open an issue to improve instance blocking. Or better yet a pull request. We are only a few devs with limited time, and hundreds of issues to work on.

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

Sorry for this kind of aggressivity

[-] mom@nom.mom 5 points 10 months ago

If the apps don't have instance blocking yet, the webui does (in 0.19)... I haven't tested it, but it's there, at the bottom of my settings page 🙂

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago
[-] mars296@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

This is possible on kbin.

[-] SnotFlickerman 3 points 10 months ago

...and then they spin up a new instance with a new domain...

Domains are unfortunately fairly cheap and it's not impossible to get a different IP assigned to a server box.

[-] psud@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I don't mind costing them the effort or $10 for a new domain

Incidentally I have several domains with DNS provided by freedns.afraid.net, which allows sharing domains. Everyone who asks for a domain under any of mine just seems so very sketchy. Now I have to worry if they're a nazi looking for a new domain to get banned

[-] sour@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

no work in microblog tab

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

You're describing Hexbear.

[-] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

So there's going to be a fediverse and a mirror fediverse?

[-] SnotFlickerman 10 points 10 months ago

That was always a risk of decentralized services, unfortunately.

[-] psud@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

And the other one is the one with opposite facial hair

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

Isn't that basically what basedcount is?

[-] SnotFlickerman 3 points 10 months ago

I'm unfamiliar with it. Would you be so kind as to explain what you mean?

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 6 points 10 months ago

This guy
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