These are good points but apparently it was just a community on that instance... The instance itself wasn't the problem. You can in fact block a community as a user. People absolutely have the power to block the_Donald community on that instance on their own.

[–] SamC@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, admins need the power to block communities for all users on their instance. You don't want to have a list for new users of "communities you might want to block". They should be blocked for you, and the list of blocks should be publicly available.

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

or hide communities from All by default, like how reddit hides certain subs from r/all

[–] Wander@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's already possible.

[–] Elgordofordo86@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Blocking entire instances is. Not individual communities.

[–] Elgordofordo86@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why can't people decide for themselves? I don't get the appeal of someone blocking something for me? A real turn off for me on lemmy so far. I get it for now since the tools aren't there yet but long term if it continues to be an issue I'd probably have to self host or get out.

[–] SamC@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They can decide for themselves. They can run their own server or join a server that has few rules (although that server may get defederated by others).

That's way more freedom than you get on non-federated social media.

[–] Elgordofordo86@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It's freedom in the loosest sense. As in there's more options. Would it still be freedom if a government makes choices for you? I suppose if I have the means to move to a different country it technically still is. Still distasteful. I don't know the people that run my instance. Why should I trust them to know what's best? We'll see how it shakes out.