I think a little clarification is needed. No. I don't actually think everyone there is insane. I don't care about the bans so stop trying to use that. HB enthusiasts coming here and trying to call me out achieves nothing besides proving my point

Edit: Feel free to keep trying to brigade me. It's not going to scare me to take this down

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    And increasingly lemmy.ml, sadly

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    They aren’t even really left. They are super authoritarian.

    I blocked them since they spew Russian and Chinese propaganda points and take revisionist stances on Tianman square and deny the Uyghur Genocide.

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    I mostly agree with you, but that's the reason why I picked an instance that does not block them: sometimes it is good to see the world from a different point of view. And it's not like the other Lemmy instances are completely free of propaganda either.

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    There's at least one interesting fellow in this very thread sharing extremely predictable opinions.

    I thought I was annoying when arguing. Still do, but I found someone worse. Doesn't make me feel better, because it seems I'm sharing a table with them.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    How are you blocking full instances? I’ve been playing wack-a-mole blocking communities. I’m using Voyager on iOS, if that matters.

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    Keep in mind that user-level instance blocks are not the same as instance-level defederations. AFAIK, it only blocks the communities. You'll still see comments and posts from that instance in other communities and that instance will still influence your feed with their votes.

    It is better to go to an instance that defederates or to convince your current admin to defederate.

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