Submitted 21 hours ago by LordMayor@piefed.social to fediverse@lemmy.world
I find the inclusion of every federated instance in ‘All’ fairly annoying. New tiny/niche/vanity instances get added by default when federated. There ends up being too much duplication and stuff I’m not interested in.
I’d much rather a system that only includes the local instance by default with a way to discover and add other instances.
My instance block list is long but there’s always new instances to block. For me, this a design flaw of the fediverse.
Voyager lets you set your default as All, Local, or Home.
This is a feature in lemmy and piefed themselves, every app should support it.
Does instance block block everything from the instance?
Essentially, yes. I think you still see comments from users on that instance if they comment on a post on an instance that isn’t blocked.
Blocking all foreign posts, even on local communities sounds like it might be an unwanted side effect.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 21 hours ago
Can’t you just make the Local feed your default?
Personally I just subscribe to everything I want to see and browse that.
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
That’s the answer right there. The lemmy personal customization is quite flexible. You can even make it behave like an old-school forum if you want.
LordMayor@piefed.social 19 hours ago
The only problem with that is not seeing posts from other instances I don’t want to block.
Maybe it’s just me, but I’d prefer Subscribed to be personally curated communities, Local to be instance curated, and All to be a place to get a broader picture of, well, everything.
I’d just find it easier/more natural to opt-in to other instance content rather than opt-out.
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 19 hours ago
sorry I don’t understand the difference that you’re looking for, Local already is “instance curated” by your local instance