A #PSA about Hashtags like #Fediblock and #InstanceBlock, and your own mental wellbeing...
Sometimes I see users getting upset about things they read about on the FediBlock tag: most of us are posting some of the most vile things written by the most disturbed people on the network. Much of it is upsetting, sometimes even INTENDED to be upsetting, and the screenshots we post are picked to be the literal worst examples we find.
YOU shouldn't have to see that.
I look at #FediBlock and #InstanceBlock as a tool for people doing #Moderation: we're setting aside time to glance over these, non-emotionally, to block these people and servers on your behalf. (At least, I HOPE other mods do that: you shouldn't engage with a misery-feed 24/7)
For Non-Moderators? If you're on a server where you NEED to look at this stuff in order to block it, MOVE SERVERS: Moderation should be blocking these people so you never see them.
Don't expose yourself to this.
Ignore the Hashtag.
Enjoy the good side of this network!