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[–] 28 points 3 years ago (7 children)

These are good points but apparently it was just a community on that instance... The instance itself wasn't the problem. You can in fact block a community as a user. People absolutely have the power to block the_Donald community on that instance on their own.

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    Why can't people decide for themselves? I don't get the appeal of someone blocking something for me? A real turn off for me on lemmy so far. I get it for now since the tools aren't there yet but long term if it continues to be an issue I'd probably have to self host or get out.

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    It's freedom in the loosest sense. As in there's more options. Would it still be freedom if a government makes choices for you? I suppose if I have the means to move to a different country it technically still is. Still distasteful. I don't know the people that run my instance. Why should I trust them to know what's best? We'll see how it shakes out.

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