I blocked lemmynsfw so that I don’t see straight up porn in my feed but can still see posts labeled nsfw from other instances because a lot of posts that get labeled nsfw are just things like explicit text or the OP labeled it nsfw because it’s not exactly nsfw but also not completely regular either.
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pls@lemmy.plaureano.nohost.me 2 months ago
Never had a reason to block an instance, here or in mastodon.
ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
You can avoid seeing posts from lemmynsfw by just… not subscribing to any communities on lemmynsfw.
ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
It used to appear in the “all” feed like every fourth post a while back. Dunno if it still does.
Foxfire@pawb.social 2 months ago
From what I understand the default behavior of NSFW communities is that remote posts are effectively treated as hidden and don’t show up unless you’re subscribed or directly access the community. However, Lemmynsfw explicitly altered this behavior such that their posts go into main feeds and were treated as normal (though marked as nsfw).
I was never subscribed to any lemmynsfw community but would routinely see their posts scrolling through top day, so I blocked the instance and now I don’t. Very useful feature.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
On mastodon I follow a lot of hashtags and so I will mute foreign language accounts so they don’t show up in my home feed. Thankfully I’ve never had to block an entire instance but I chalk that up to troublesome instances already being defederated from my instance
Microw@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That is not the point, the point is that you can. You can curate your feed yourself instead of relying solely on an algorithm or a curation team