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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I learned the other day that beehaw blocks lemmy.world due to the amount of bad faith actors in that instance and it got me curious so I decided to block it in my settings last night. It's a bit of weird move for me personally as I've always been one to say that blocking should only be used as a last resort. But I wanted to make myself contribute to some of the smaller instances as I dislike how so much is centralized at LW.

Has anyone on here done something similar? I'm curious to hear other peoples thoughts on the matter.

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

Yeah, I've blocked lemmy.world and there are a lot fewer obnoxious users showing up. Less content as well, but not so much that I miss it.

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

Yeah, I've been browsing throughout the day and been liking it. You still get to see comments from users on that instance but it's a lot less noise so far.

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

I've been considering it also lately. Either the instance grew or the userbase just changed somehow or maybe I only just noticed but LW just feels like it's culture is way shittier recently.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So many new users default to it so it just attracts all those newcomers and trolls. It's sad to do because there's a lot of good people and discussions on the instance. But more and more I just feel like discussions are becoming more and more annoying and a waste of time because it just leads nowhere. I don't mind the decrease in posts personally. I prefer quality over quantity personally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

A hundred percent so. Lots of people want Lemmy to grow but I think we're already huge, so much so I feel the need to trim some of the fat.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

made it to the final stages of a job search but lost to the other guy. still though. not a bad showing. I think I aced an assesment as I got a response that I will be in the pool quickly but not so quickly to be a completely automated thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Tired 😩 Supppppper tireed

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Mine is going pretty good. After a month in my new position at work I'm finally getting the credentials/access I need to actually get started onboarding. You might say a month is a long time to be doing nothing and getting paid for it, but I've been having a blast.

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

I don’t know, weird probably. I decided to pick up workout from home and well, muscles hurt like hell.

Got lots and lots of games, books and shows to watch but - I can’t be bothered to do any of it. Zero urge to do so. Which is immensely weird because, I have the free time of my life at the moment.

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

This week is dragging for me. Not many appointments, which usually takes up most of my work day, which I think is why it's going slowly. It feels like it should be Friday already.