Today the first of Feb is Global Switch day, Spread awareness of the Fediverse in your communities.

  • T͏i͏d͏b͏i͏T͏@mander.xyz
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    2 days ago

    I hear that, but the thing is anyone can block whatever/whoever they feel the need to in the fediverse. I truly believe server admins should federate across the board, as it’s a disservice to end users only allowing federation with certain servers based on admin preference.

    As far as UI and UX go, Lemmy’s devs are some of the biggest players in the overall fediverse functionality. So while the UI/UX could use some more attention in select areas, being able to interact with the other platforms is a much bigger aspect to the appeal of the fediverse! The Lemmy devs really do deserve a lot more credit for their work, regardless on their opinions or how the they approach discussing them.

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      2 days ago

      Lemmy doesn’t truly block stuff and the devs refuse to fix that

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        Really? Huh, I have a decent amount of communities blocked and I’ve never seen a single post from anyone of them after implementing the block

        • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
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          5 hours ago

          User level community and instance blocks will stop you from seeing posts from those places, but it does not block their users or their comments, so you’d still be able to see them around in non-blocked communities.

          • T͏i͏d͏b͏i͏T͏@mander.xyz
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            3 hours ago

            You can also establish a user block though too, so if their comments in unblocked communities are making your experience less than ideal, just block that user.

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              That’s not a terribly good user experience if a user doesn’t want to interact with or see any comments from users of a particular instance, as then it would require the user to manually block hundreds of users over a long span of time.

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          I’m assuming they mean it isn’t a two way block. Blocked users can still interact with your posts/comments, you just can’t see them. I personally think that should be how it works, but I’ve seen a lot of arguments for the Reddit-style blocking where they can’t interact with you anymore.

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        Granted I browse Lemmy via voyager on Mobile, and Alexandrite on desktop, but this has never been an issue. I find it incredibly easy to block stuff, and curate what I want to see