What instances do you block and/or contain the most trolls?

DelightfullyDivisive@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 2 points –

I found that things became much more pleasant on here when I blocked hexbear. I recently blocked lemmy.ml as well, but I may reverse that if I find that I'm missing too much good content.

I'm open to other ideas on how to mostly avoid people who love conflict or argue in bad faith.

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Lemmy.ml and hexbear were the first two I blocked and have zero regrets.

I blocked a few others because the content didn't interest me and my preference is to browse on All instead of Subscribed so I can find content in communities I did not know existed. For example I blocked lemmynsfw because I didn't want the content to come up while browing in public.

I wish there was an additional option to block all users of an instance separate from the instance block that applies to communities.

Not to kinkshame/judge (while judging) but lemmynsfw is super weird. There's like 50 celebrity or more communities all ran by one guy who uploads like one picture or 50 in a row. I just browse by all but the NSFW filter protects me from seeing a celebrity every 10th post.

I wish there was an additional option to block all users of an instance separate from the instance block that applies to communities.

There is an option for that, its called Defederation

I want to block the users as a group even if the instance at which I am registered does not defederate.

I just blocked individual hexbear and lemmygrad users that were annoying (posting pig anuses or dogpiling/gish galloping/whatabouting). Took a lot of blocking, but a few hundred blocks later later, most of the hexbears and tankies left are pretty chill. I don't want to end up in a bubble and only hear opinions I already agree with. I think I did block one far right instance entirely, cause I don't value the ideas of bigots and fascists. Can't remember who it was though.

I don’t want to end up in a bubble and only hear opinions I already agree with. I think I did block one far right instance entirely, cause I don’t value the ideas of bigots and fascists.

Hmmmmm

Edit: Apparently tankie bullshit is fine!

If you're on a road trip, and you can't agree on a destination, then arguing about the route to get there is pointless.

in this analogy, the "destination" in question is whether or not women/lgbt/blacks/jews/etc deserve rights. No point in discussing healthcare policy with someone who thinks women should be property and gays should be executed.

Yeah, tankie bullshit deserves to be heard because of an open mind, but not fascist bullshit.

Both are bullshit and should be blocked.

well, it's not the first time I've been called a communist for saying that people deserve rights.

I've blocked both of those (or rather, my instance doesn't federate with them at all). At first I missed some of the FOSS communities on .ml but quickly found alternatives elsewhere. There were a few threads in either !fediverse@lemmy.world or maybe !fedigrow@lemm.ee that discussed alternatives to some of those.

I also block HilariousChaos since it's a direct successor to Exploding Heads.

Beyond that, I tend to only block the problematic ones that cater to hate speech/bigotry/etc. I think your home instance (LW) already blocks most of those as well.

Lemmygrad and hexbear, i am seriously considering blocking lemmy.ml as many users of the former instances migrated there to spread their dogshit

I was drawn into a discussion with a group of people from hexbear, who decided that since I didn't agree with them a full 100%, that I then had to be treated as a troll just because I registered my account with lemmy.zip.

I took a long time to finally get them convinced that I may be one of the good ones, I decided that I didn't want to have to do that again and blocked the instance.

I have a huge blocklist of instances and communities, I generally only browse All, so I see it all, unless I block it.

I mostly block non English or Swedish instances/communities, but I have plenty of blocks of instances/communities that I either find annoying or disagree with.

What's wrong with lemmy.zip? I'm not up to date with the instance drama

They claimed it is a place for trolls since it is more permissive, I don't know really what their issue with it was.

I blocked hexbear and lemmygrad to stop the firehose of kremlin/beijing propaganda cluttering up my feed and that made my lemmy experience worlds better. There's only so many times you can read "special military operation" used unironically..

Communities: Sports, places that are nowhere close to me or of interest, porn that is not for me, and games I don't have any interest in.

Instances: Lemmygrad and hexbear

People: Not many. Spammers and low effort trolls mostly, and the occasional vatnik.

I haven't blocked any instance per-se but I block every community that is either hexbear or .ml

I used a three-strike rule when I first landed here. As in; deny a genocide or uplift an authoritarian despot 3x and your community can go fuck it's own face.

Took 2 weeks before I stopped seeing hexbear and .ml.

I don't block any instances, though I am rather happy that .world decided to defederate with hexbear and .grad. I'm not so bothered by .ml, while they can be a little annoying sometimes, they're at least usually able to carry on a semi-intelligent conversation. Usually anyway.

That might explain it then. Everybody's talking about blocking hexbear, and I've never had any idea what they were talking about, but I'm on .world, so I guess it's already blocked for me.

I use world now instead of blahaj just cause I'm a weirdo. But hexbear was federated with blahaj and their users/admins are super irresponsible and rude and called a blahaj admin transphobic

I don't know enough about Lemmy to block anything yet.

You should block Hexbear because its just a broad daylight CCP advocate forum trying to incite political extremism and violence in English speaking countries.

Lemmy ml isn't all bad but they federate and align themselves closely with Hexbear.

I thought hexbear was far right. .grad is the full-on tankie instance.

Far right, CCP cuck, same difference. They at least claim to be the "true left".

I don't block hexbear or ml because I like seeing their takes. Even if I disagree with them most of the time, it makes me think about my opinion more critically.

I do block certain communities and anyone who posts PPB.

I definitely agree with this. I signed up with ml just because it was a big instance and generally found it confusing when first setting up an account. So far I think it's worked out because they have good up time and haven't insulated themselves too much compared to a lot of instances that will defederate at the drop of a hat. Hexbear can be hard to read at times because many users can turn so hateful so quickly, but I do think their perspective can be at the very least interesting even when it is clearly misguided.

I do strongly dislike that every large instance has formed its own stereotype and opinions are immediately dismissed if they are coming from an instance that is stereotyped as having 'bad options'.

Thanks for not putting blinders on. I was actually banned by hexbear for not being leftist enough but I still make it a point to seek out perspectives that differ from the censorship-happy tribalist hivemind on world. Communist leopards have yet to eat my face contrary to what the libs on world might have me believe. :)

Can someone please explain all the .ml hate? From what I've seen, it's mostly a tech (i.e., not tank!) instance and I haven't experienced any drama at all aside from other instances hating on us. It seems WAY too overblown and generalized from my experience. If the OP blocked .ml are they even able to see my response here?

you can block the instance but when the users are on other communities, it does not block the users

nobody is going to answer your question because its a sealioning like question coming from a user on lemmy.ml

.world is neoliberal lumpen who violently reject anything that threatens their politician's current narrative. They're not thinking for themselves. They can't discern left from right, thus reject both with equal hostility.

I believe they.are so far left, they are now right politically. I just blocked the group when I was down voted to berated because I linked an AP article, which they think is a heavily biased source.

I believe they.are so far left, they are now right politically

That's not how the horseshoe works, lumpen.

Politics and News on .world. They seem to think that everyone that doesn't agree wholeheartedly with whatever their politicians say is a fascist. They're unable to discern left from right.

It's also neato how whenever I take issue with FlyingSquid or Roki, both mods, my posts are soon voted to exactly -10. Lazy coders.