So in light of finding out that I can’t block an instance as a user, I am trying to find an instance that actually suits me better. Specifically I do not want to see anything relating to lemmygrad.ml and from what I can see, the main instances that block lemmygrad are lemmy.one which isn’t accepting new applications and beehaw which, while I don’t mind interacting with their instance at all, I don’t wish to join it for a couple reasons. There are others like midwest.social but I don’t live near there and while I know it is open to people that don’t live there it doesn’t exactly seem like where I would want to make an account that I plan on actually using.
So if I’m not mistaken, my options are basically to stay on lemmy.ml and deal with having to see posts and comments from lemmygrad.ml users, go to beehaw which I also don’t want to do, make a new instance for myself which I’m not going to do, or just leave and come back later when there are actually options that suit me better. Does that sound about right?
It is a shame. I was trying to help OP out, but I think they might have blocked me individually, maybe through a mass ban of individuals in a thread they found on lemmygrad. As for the instances that have already blocked us, it’s unlikely they will ever federate with us again.
Perhaps the devs could implement a “soft” ban as an alternative to outright removal from federation. Censoring a comment or thread created by a user from the targeted instance with a confirmation click to view. I’m sure a lot of these QoL features will be added when the devs get through the enormous backlog, which has only been growing larger due to the influx of new users.
I could see that being the case only because they would likely get a huge influx of people complaining even if a feature was introduced to allow individual users to block, the mods/admins of that instance would have to keep replying to people telling them how to block the instance. But I do think many instances reluctantly did it because there was not really any other option and I think if such an option were ever added those admins would rather not de-federate for content purposes because it sets a bad precedent. I bet most instance admins don’t want to have to keep blocking other instances because of differences of opinion type things.
An option to exclude an instance’s posts from the front page but leave comments untouched would be ideal
I didn’t block you. I just didn’t feel the need to respond. My original purpose for the post was about finding an instance that better suited me and you offered suggestions that showed you didn’t read the post and then when you realized afterwards, the only question that I could have possibly wanted to respond to was why I didn’t want to join beehaw which isn’t relevant to why I made the post and I don’t feel the need to justify. The answer could be “I don’t like the little bee mascot guy” (it isn’t) and I would be perfectly justified in my reasoning. I don’t particularly feel like arguing about why I do or do not wish to join beehaw, hence I didn’t respond.