So I’ve added lemmy.ml to my block list, but I still see posts from that instance on c/progressivepolitics. Why? Is that not how blocking works?
Sadly- just blocking the instance doesn’t block the users of said instance. You have to do that manually.
If it helps, just say some negative but true shit about China or Russia, they’ll all flock to smugly quote some dumb shit from Stalin, and then you can just block them all in one fell swoop.
You still see the users of the blocked instance if they post to a not blocked instance. You only really block all the communities on the instance with an instance block.
Users are not blocked, which is strange, but I have the same issue/feature. Only instances are blocked. I guess they have a different definition of blocking than I have.
Yup, it would be much better if it just blocked all users from the instance as well. Or it at least gave you the option for the shittier instances.
Why are you blocking lemmy.ml to begin with? Sure some of their users are annoying as fuck but you’ll find people like that anywhere online.
Sure, you’ll find them anywhere, but .ml and the tankie triad are a concentrated cesspool of them
they are just the mirror of conservatives. i blocked them too. but its the USers infiltrating that are the problem. sometimes they create a account in another instance and then post tankie comments.
I can block anything I want to. That’s part of the point of the fediverse.
Nevermind, I get it now.
You’re free to do so. I wasn’t trying to suggest otherwise. I just don’t see the point is all.
There are few things more annoying on lemmy than seeing a post about Russia on your feed, forgetting to check the instance, then getting your comment removed because you were critical of them.
Whatever do you mean? Russia is clearly a communist Utopia that invaded Ukraine to get the Nazis. With 100% legitimate elections that have no undue influence what so ever.
