You can export your settings, remove everything unrelated to blocks, and share it. Then other users can import the json file and it will be added to their existing blocklist.
Comment on Chinese propaganda is rampant on the fediverse
realitista@lemmus.org 19 hours ago
You can safely assume that anything on .ml or lemmygrad is. Just don’t subscribe to them. I can give you a block list that encompasses most of the ones who don’t stay nicely in .ml land. We should have shareable block lists like BlueSky to get new users up and running quickly. I hope that PieFed eventually does some stuff like this.
nutomic@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
realitista@lemmus.org 15 hours ago
Good hint, but there needs to be an online registry of them where you can subscribe to them and get updates automatically when they change. This is how Bluesky works and it works very well.
nutomic@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
Defederations and bans essentially work like a shared blocklist for all users on that instance. Plus you get a local feed with other users who have similar interests, and blocked users/instances don’t use local server resources.
Subscribing to a blocklist seems risky, because it’s likely that many users would subscribe to a single, popular blocklist. Then it would become a centralisedpoint of control which can silence people across much of the network.
realitista@lemmus.org 13 hours ago
Yes, but I’d rather be able to control it myself than try to find a whole instance that perfectly matches my needs.
DSN9@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
Lemmy.ml is?!? That’s who I signed up for though. I like the privacy stuff. So which instance is politically neutral but technically aligned, pirate party, self hosting etc?
davel@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
realitista@lemmus.org 18 hours ago
Yes Lemmy.ml is the most popular of the tankie instances. They will ban you, remove your posts, etc in most major communities if you say anything negative about CCCP, Russia, Communism, etc.
I can recommend lemmus.org as a very fast and efficient instance. Remember, you don’t have to have an account on the instance who’s communities you want to access. You can access communities on all instances from any instance. So the policies of your home instance don’t really affect you much. They only affect the communities hosted there.
DSN9@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
Why is Lemmy.ml the most popular tankie instance? I’ve been played by Poo bear, interesting. Thanks I will switch.
ezyryder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
ml literally stands for Marxist Leninist aka tankies aka red fash
sundray@lemmus.org 16 hours ago
I can 2nd lemmus.org, it’s pretty chill over here. The admin has blocked the creation of new communities for the time being however, so if you want to start a new comm you’re better off looking elsewhere.
realitista@lemmus.org 16 hours ago
Yeah I look to bigger instances to host communities I create and smaller ones to host my account for speed.
myrmidex@belgae.social 18 hours ago
politically neutral <> pirate party
Pick one
DSN9@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
Not dominated by Chinese, Russian nor Western state actors. That’s all I’m asking for. Where truth isn’t censored.
myrmidex@belgae.social 15 hours ago
Where truth isn’t censored
Self-hosting seems your only option then. You might be cut off from other instances, but at least on yours, you’ll be able to enjoy free speech.
frongt@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
I’ve been pretty happy here on lemmy.zip. We haven’t defederated from the tankie instances so you still see their content sometimes, but you can always filter them yourself. Same with the zionists on lemmy.world.
Coastal_Explorer@feddit.online 13 hours ago
If you’re concerned about privacy, you should probably know that a lot in the fediverse is very open by design so that other instances can communicate effectively.
That’s why everyone can see what you upvote/downvote, even if Lemmy itself doesn’t show this to you in its UI.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
It’s safe to assume that the enemy is promoting propaganda while our noble nation is promoting the truth!!! \s
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realitista@lemmus.org 17 hours ago
The difference is that I don’t get banned/censored on western instances for criticizing Trump or US military interventions.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
criticizing trump or us military interventions is pretty much all i do on ml, grad, hexbear
i usually get banned from the lib “leftist” comms for doing that.
realitista@lemmus.org 6 hours ago
Well sure you can criticize Trump there. But try criticizing the CCCP, China, or Russia.
Maeve@kbin.earth 17 hours ago
You don't get banned on hex, grad, or ml for it either, either. People should really check the mod logs a few times daily.
realitista@lemmus.org 16 hours ago
I’ve gotten banned and censored from communities there for saying that Ukraine should fight back against Russia.
Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 17 hours ago
Ah. Enlightened centrism.