It NEEDS the ability to block entire instances as an individual user.

It's a glaring problem that I noticed nearly instantly, Lemmy is currently very off-putting because of how some people from one very specific server interact with everyone around them. 90% of the people on here are great, that 10% is already making me second-guess being here without a custom server.

TBF a lot of the backlash against the protest on reddit also boils down to "it doesn't matter to me, so it's not needed". Fact is if moderation is done right you don't notice it. I add new t-shirt bot spam sites to auto-mod the second I come across them, for example, so they only ever get posted once.

Reddit has had css since before the Digg migration.

It's definitely gonna happen. I might end up just setting up a server first and doing it that way, it feels like the easiest way to go about things.

Wall street silver.

I can't tell you how many of those people I've had to ban from various subs just because they wander in and alt-right the place up. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I've banned for hate speech posted there. Literally all of them.

It's a catch 22. In order for a sub to stay good, it needs mods that are iron fisted with keeping out content that doesn't fit. When you do that, the community hates you for deleting their posts.

I tried. Can't join any of them. This was actually my 10th server I signed up for and it finally let me in. The rest mention a validation email that never comes.

https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/ripples-through-reddit-as-advertisers-weather-moderators-strike/# Meanwhile in reality...

undefined> Blocking features exist for that reason

Cool, where's the button to block lemmy.ml and lemmygrad?

We can't block them and they commingle with communities we do want to see. It's impossible not to participate when it's absolutely everywhere. My first thought when I came to Lemmy was "Wow, this is a better reddit." An hour later? "Wow, this is just a tankie site."

I see your point and raise you the fact that I shouldn't have to deal with people who legitimately want me dead. And a lot of tankies unironically unapologetically do. Same thing I say to the alt-right applies: Free speech isn't a guarantee of a platform and it absolutely doesn't mean anyone has to listen to you.

I'm gonna fill up my block list in about a day at this rate.