• smoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    This whole federated system is about whack-a-mole.

    I hate politics, so I filter it out. Oh, look, somebody spun up a new instance! Time to filter out the same fucking communities I filtered on every other goddamn instance.

    Sports is another one. I hoped everything would end up on fanaticus.social but no, we need our own communities on our own instances, making it so that there are seven communities dedicated to the same team.

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      1 year ago

      I would recommend using a client that allows instance and/or keyword blocking. I believe Sync and Connect on Android offer these features amongst others. I would also raise this issue with the dev of whatever client you’re using, as a lot of clients now have this feature.

      The Lemmy backend is also getting instance blocking shortly.

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        1 year ago

        I’m a pretty old fashioned guy, I don’t really use the mobile apps, so I’m hoping for the backend update sooner rather than later, since I use the mlmym layout wherever available.

        I have Connect on my phone but I don’t use it often.

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          1 year ago

          That’s fair. Instance blocking at the lemmy level will be a hugely popular feature. The backend feature is merging very soon!