Asking as there has been a few comments mentioning this with the new !stardewvalley@lemm.ee taking over !stardewvalley@lemmy.ml

!yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com for additional context on those recent events if you are interested

Also, an older post for more context on how lemmy.ml is managed: https://lemmy.world/post/16211417

Curious to hear other thoughts about this, as I’m trying to keep !simracing@lemmy.ml active, but might suggest to move it elsewhere if a lot of people prefer not to interact with lemmy.ml communities

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I’ve blocked the instance quite a while ago. In the beginning I was just blocking communities, but the users spill everywhere unless you go nuclear.

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Thanks for this info, I didn’t realize you could block an entire instance.

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You can’t really. I mean you can block an instance, but that only hides the communities that are on it - you’ll still see the users. The only way I know how to ditch the users, besides blocking each one individually, would be to make a new account on either dubvee.org or Lemmy.cafe where all 3 of the big 3 are completely defederated. Think of those instances as troll-blockers, working hard to keep the Fediverse pleasant to converse in:-).

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Completely banned, I have zero interaction with them.

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Curious to hear other thoughts about this, as I’m trying to keep !simracing@lemmy.ml active, but might suggest to move it elsewhere if a lot of people prefer not to interact with lemmy.ml communities

I would vote for moving it elsewhere. Maybe lemmy.zip would be a good instance that’s focused around tech and gaming. Or discuss.tchncs.de because !trucksim@discuss.tchncs.de and !diysimulators@discuss.tchncs.de are already hosted there.

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You are a very active poster here, so moving it to that instance would also be convenient in case you need to mod

Also, that instance is very well managed, always impressed with the other services they offer.

Based on the comments, it seems like we should definitely suggest this. Would you like to make a meta post or do I do it?

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I’m busy this weekend. Feel free to go ahead with the post.

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Done!

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No, there are no instances whose communities I refuse to participate on. I have never blocked a community, user, or instance here.

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Me too but clearly Lemmy.ml doesn’t like me xD

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Oh man I don’t know how I would use this place if I couldn’t block communities. First few weeks I try to use Lemmy every single post was just memes so I’d end up blocking like two dozen communities to stop it.

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Not to mention just randomly scrolling in public and whoops, it’s a random porn clip brought to you by lemmynsfw

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In your Settings is an option to ban all content labelled as NSFW regardless of its origin.

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*Besides the ones your instance has defederated from

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i tend to not even notice, usually picking a community by volume of subs and posting. its hard to keep up with the terrible modding in places as ive subbed to over 800 active communities in various instances. i dont block instances. at minimum, i want to see whats going on.

i dont recall specific issues with .ml but .world seems specifically egregious with its power trip modding, based on how ive been ‘reprimanded’… its amazing how they want to kill activity/enthusiasm in some subs that are desperate for content.

it feels like once an instance gets a solid level of user account churn, they feel they can do whatever to end users as there will just be more. its reddit all over again in places.

the power modding is somewhat shocking to me as the threadiverse really isnt all that large. i guess it doesnt take much for those people.

some of the only users ive silenced are mods

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I agree that lemmy.world moderation has issues. It can be arbitrary and the written rules don’t really matter. There’s also zero recourse.

I would recommend sh.itjust.works

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I would recommend sh.itjust.works

lol

I was banned from a large sub there because I downvoted some clickbaity posts by the mod themselves. Literally that, downvoting.

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Feel free to report it on !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Seems like this is a Lemmy wide problem then. Things like this are social problems, not technical ones.

What community was it if you don’t mind?

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