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Block lemmy.ml if lemmy feels tirening. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by richardisaguy@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Just blocked lemmy.ml from my Lemmy account, and I swear to god it's one of the best things I've ever done on this platform. My homepage feels actually clean now.

For the past few months I'd been seeing a lot of tankie posting and pretty much far-left propaganda on my feed. It got tiring enough that I finally checked my blocked-user list, and realized pretty much everyone I'd blocked was from lemmy.ml. So I just blocked the whole instance instead.

Saying this as someone who considers themselves a leftist: I used to think Lemmy itself was an echo chamber. Turns out lemmy.ml was the problem the entire time. Probably the reason I tolerated it for so long is that I agreed with a lot of what they posted, but like an oversaturated meme, I'd had enough. Browsing the platform was starting to feel way too tiring instead of fun, which defeats the point of being here in the first place.

The breaking point was seeing some dude post a "meme" implying North Korea and China are basically communist utopias and that the West sucks. I mean, the West does suck, but come on - you're saying North Korea is the ideal the West should strive for? What the hell...

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[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 50 seconds ago

People should block users and instances that they dont want to see. They are in charge of their account. Then you wont have to feudpost about these people you blocked because you wont see them.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 41 seconds ago

Welcome to a tutorial on how to block .ml on your personal account.

In the top right corner of the top of the page, there are 3 horizontal white bars. Click it.

This will open up a drop down menu. At the bottom of that menu, you will see your username. Click it.

This will open another drop down menu with 3 options. Click “Settings”.

At the top of your screen you will see 2 tabs. Click the one that says “Blocks”.

Here you will see “Block user” “Block community” and “Block instance”. Click the down arrow below “Block instance”.

This will open up a search bar. Type “lemmy.ml” and click it after it shows up. That’s it! You’ve blocked .ml and will never see content from the instance.

But wait, we aren’t done yet in this menu. Click the down arrow under “Block user”. Now type “UltraGiGaGigantic” Make sure you select my .ml account as the other ones I no longer use. Thanks, appreciate it.

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 1 points 36 minutes ago

Hay thats what I say about .world and pfied.

[-] xeno_the_warrior_prince@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago

I don't like Russia but people supporting Russia doesn't bother me near as much as people supporting the US/West. Yet I still haven't blocked lemmy.world which is not only blatantly pro-west, but so heavily biased that most people legit think they aren't, like I can tell they're being sincere.

And if I ever block it or any instance/community/user, I won't make a fuss about it, I'll merely enjoy the peace of mind of not dealing with them. I'm happy for you that you won't have to deal with these people anymore, I've blocked a few communities and instances as well and I love the fact we're able to do it, that we get some level of control over what we see on our feed as opposed to some algorithm forcing us to pay attention to stuff that hurts us. But this post is immature as fuck. Grow up.

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[-] DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

I won't block anyone even if their straight up assholes because even a broken clock is right twice a day and I actually have learned some information that was true from them.

That being said though the ones who say North Korea is a utopia and USA is fighting a proxy war with Russia through Ukraine (true) but that Russia giving drones and military equipment to Iran isn't the same thing and that isn't a proxy war or that Mao was some sort hero of the people (I could definitely go on from here) those people are idiots and its very easy to look up anything they say and see that its complete bullshit.

I'm still not gonna block them. Hit them with an "Ok" and move on with your day. As soon as you pull out the graphs or cite multiple sources they will just ban you so there's no point in fucking with them. Until they post on here from North Korea and prove us all wrong, you can easily disregard any of the bullshit they say.

That said the ONE person I have ever blocked on Lemmy was someone who posted a cartoon picture of a little kids butt on the self hosted community. I still don't understand what that was about and I not only blocked them but reported them for that too. But other than child stuff, I probably won't ever block anyone even if they're complete assholes.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 0 points 47 minutes ago

ones who say North Korea is a utopia

Literally no one has ever said this. Lazy strawman.

[-] DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 2 points 28 minutes ago* (last edited 12 minutes ago)

Hey bud, what are these?

https://lemmy.zip/post/67679872

https://lemmy.zip/post/66807069

https://lemmy.zip/post/65520813

Verbatim "one of these is a cancer that needs cut out and the other is the DPRK"

This is one example.

This is why people don't like you guys, you're not honest with yourselves or others.

Granted I was being a little hyperbolic but this person has actually said that North Korea is one of the best countries on earth and that everything we hear and say about it is a lie.

I notice they never post from "best Korea" though. Hmmm

Edit: Awww, did I hurt your feelings by proving you wrong that now you have to post under other comments of mine telling me to go back to reddit? That's cute sweetheart. It sucks to be in a place you can't silence people and ban them on huh?