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Can we block entire instances? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I get why you would want that, but I think that would end up causing other weird issues. Like what happens when someone from that instance is in the middle of a comment chain? Would it cut off the thread there, or would there just be a comment missing?

I'll take the simple solution over no solution.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Like what happens when someone from that instance is in the middle of a comment chain?

Presumably, the same thing that happens if you block that user individually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd expect "Removed" or "Blocked" or whatever.