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I defederated months ago for exactly why you described. Night and day difference in how enjoyable Lemmy can be.
Like, yes, capitalism is failing us. But jumping into every comment thread and shutting down every conversation that's not advocating for the complete and utter destruction of the current economic model is exhausting. And that's the least toxic reason I chose to block that instance.
At first, I did miss some big FOSS communities that were there, but over time, similar communities elsewhere became more active. Good riddance.
Indeed. I enjoyed the asklemmy community over there, but lately there have been some "questions" posted that clearly have an agenda. Basically begging the question. I'm not saying I'm some free-market, anti-regulation libertarian. Far from it. But like you said, not every post has to be about that, and that we can discuss other things other than the downfall of capitalism. So I unsubscribed from that community, and even considered leaving Lemmy altogether since I feel like those types of posts/comments are so pervasive lately.
if you were not aware, you can block the instance without de-federation
Blocking the hexbear.net lemmy.ml & lemmygrad.ml will make Lemmy a much better day to day experience
Thanks for the reminder; always forget that's an option. Luckily Beehaw already defederated from Hexbear and lemmygrad.