Comment on Lemmy's gaining popularity, so I thought new people should see this.

• lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My instance does not block them either, but I do.

  Had 2 experiences where they tried to silence me via blocking me… And one time, the people I argued with and who wanted the total destruction of a state and posted burning flags of it did not get blocked or warned. I hope, they stay in their echo chamber and don’t ever leave their homes…

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  • SorteKanin@feddit.dk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    User blocking merely blocks their communities. You’ll still see comments from the instance and you’ll still see posts in other communities from their users. You’ll also still have their votes influence your feed.

    Defederation is the more proper tool to use. Individual user blocking is not effective.

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    • lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My instance has downvotes disabled. Only upvotes matter. So, at least, I don’t see destructive voting…

      And as long, as I don’t post in their communities, they can’t silence me and have to deal with my view differently than just by removing it…

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      • WanderingVentra@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Hexbear doesn’t have downvotes either actually. That seems to be the main reason they brigade.

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