I like how connect handles this, all posts from said instance are blanked out wit a message ‘blocked due to a server ban on name of server. Click to view anyway.’ or something along those lines.
This effectively shields you from those comments, but also makes them accessible should you choose so.
ramble81@lemm.ee 1 week ago
What is this? Reddit? Votes really don’t matter here.
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
That’s just not true.
Sure ok you might not see how many upvotes a user has received but that’s not how vote manipulation works.
Votes influence what you see, and perhaps more importantly they influence what users perceive to be popular opinions.
Upvotes for “genocide joe” comments are a good example. A few people can make an idea seem like it’s mainstream.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 week ago
The manipulative tricks only work one way, you can’t downvote ideas you don’t like. So the only thing we can see is excessive support for a genocide joe
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
WDYM?
Brigadeers can just upvote comments supporting their position and exclude contrary ones.