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I'm done, I've been banned for expressing a different opinion (without insulting or personally attacking anyone), I've been accused of evading a ban with multiple accounts (this is my only account I've ever had on any lemmy instance), I've had people selectively ignore my comments and accuse me of things which I never said, and I've had people ignore valid criticisms and keep attacking me.

Reddit has many issues with trolls, one-sided discussion, and just general bullshit, but many Lemmy instances are way worse. The newfound freedom of Lemmy has attracted many extremists, from both sides, and many of them are moderators, who are more than happy to remove any contrarian opinions. This results in discussions being echo chambers

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[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (3 children)

My block list is extremely large too. It seems someone wants to make a community for everything no matter now niche it is. And so many random anime comms I have to block as I am not a anime fan. I get the message when browsing all "you have blocked all posts on page x" so often it's become an annoyance.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

i have said this before, but don't have the energy to do something about it: a problem in lemmy is, that there are no categories to subscribe or block. like if someone hates sports, he can't block all sports, but must either subscribe everything but sports (impossible) or block/filter every new spots sub or sports post author (impossible as well)

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago

Lemmy is still in the alpha stage, but absolutely this would make a heck of a lot easier:-).

Otherwise it's a continual issue - every month someone creates new communities that you have to first visit, then block, and then again, and again, and again.

It's not that bad, but it could be better:-).

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I would love if my app would let me block a community from the post on all. I do it SO often.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Voyager does, fwiw

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Connect has a block community and block instance feature, give it a shot!

[–] Servais@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago

Lemmy 0.19.X allows that.

Lemmyworld will update in March (forgot the exact date)

[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Once in a while I search for communities I might like and subscribe to them. I then only browse my subscribed communities, so I don't have to block communities. I think of it as white listing my Lemmy feed.

Browsing all and then blocking communities I don't like seems like black listing. It seems like it's a lot more work.