Unpopular Opinion
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1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
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Is this an unpopular opinion? My block list on Lemmy is like 4 times bigger than it was on Reddit.
More freedom means more spam and propaganda.
I haven't seen too many right wingers on lemmy. I think the lefties have managed to make it hostile enough to conservatives to deter the bulk of them
There are so many more extreme “leftists” that their beliefs seem to loop all the way around. Lots of people that want to see Trump win because “fuck America”. Lots of tankies that bootlick everything Russia and/or China do.
It's not so much that there is a wraparound. Or any sort of "horseshoe". It's that authoritarians are authoritarian first. Notions of left or right boil down to what's convenient to them as an afterthought.
The actual extreme leftists are generally pretty chill and supportive. Unlike authoritarians.
My block list is extremely large too. It seems someone wants to make a community for everything no matter now niche it is. And so many random anime comms I have to block as I am not a anime fan. I get the message when browsing all "you have blocked all posts on page x" so often it's become an annoyance.
i have said this before, but don't have the energy to do something about it: a problem in lemmy is, that there are no categories to subscribe or block. like if someone hates sports, he can't block all sports, but must either subscribe everything but sports (impossible) or block/filter every new spots sub or sports post author (impossible as well)
Lemmy is still in the alpha stage, but absolutely this would make a heck of a lot easier:-).
Otherwise it's a continual issue - every month someone creates new communities that you have to first visit, then block, and then again, and again, and again.
It's not that bad, but it could be better:-).
I would love if my app would let me block a community from the post on all. I do it SO often.
Voyager does, fwiw
Connect has a block community and block instance feature, give it a shot!
Lemmy 0.19.X allows that.
Lemmyworld will update in March (forgot the exact date)
Once in a while I search for communities I might like and subscribe to them. I then only browse my subscribed communities, so I don't have to block communities. I think of it as white listing my Lemmy feed.
Browsing all and then blocking communities I don't like seems like black listing. It seems like it's a lot more work.
This, there’s some crazy people no matter where you go.
For example, yesterday some loon was attacking another poster because he viewed it as, anti-American. Suffice to say, it was not and he misconstrued what was said and he was humanly incapable of admitting wrongdoing. His response was to make burner accounts and downvote bomb the user.
I prefer tagging people's profiles, not sure if that's just a sync feature though.
Still get to see their comments, but it has your tag for them next to their name so you can prepare yourself lol.
Yeah, it's pretty funny how extreme some people are. Of course in real life they don't say shit.
They probably do, but no one listens to the weird guy arguing with his reflection on the bus.
It's almost getting too long.
I've considered going the other way, and only browse "subscribed" - but then I would miss smaller/newer posts & communities... so I leave it on "all" and block away.
And it grows every day. WHY can't I just FUCKING BLOCK an instance yet! I guess shitjustworks doesn't fucking work.
Edit: there is nothing worth seeing on blahaj.zone, ani.social, or hexbear. Period. Who will rid me of these meddlesome instances.
There was a post recently from your admin stating they would be updating soon.
I mean, I like anime so ani.social is nice for me. There are some interesting discussion posts and memes I enjoy seeing from there. But the other two I have often found the users to be difficult to converse with, so I have them both blocked. Its unfortunate that blocking instances isn't easier (I use Connect for Lemmy on Android, which supports blocking instances), but such is the price to pay for Lemmys very rapid expansion in such a short amount of time. Lemmy wasn't ready for that kind of growth, and it has the growing pains to prove it. The experience will be somewhat poor for early adopters, but the newcomers will have it a bit better probably.
Instance blocking is very nice, it was introduced in 0.19
SJW and LW are supposed to update soon, looking forward to it