If you were running your own (even single-user) instance of lemmy, you could defederate with any instance and still participate in others as normal.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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thx; I'll have to give that some thought.
I'm new so this may not be completely accurate but my understanding is that individual users can't block other instances entirely, that can only be done at the instance level by the instance admins. Individual users can only block other individual users or communities.
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Since the developers are the problem, it's probably not likely they'll implement. But I'll keep on eye on this and maybe contribute if there is a soft fork.
I don't think I'd view them as a problem here. They need to triage the issues and they're going to focus their efforts on things they see as a bigger benefit. They haven't indicated that they would deny code contributions to add this feature.
We'll have to see, but by my past experiences with Tankies and other authoritarians, I don't expect reasonable behavior.
They have shown a history of being open to contributions to Lemmy separate from their extreme political opinions. But you need to choose how you spend your efforts, I understand not wanting to risk having your effort essentially wasted by having your contributions denied.
Personally, I wouldn't contribute to a project controlled by authoritarians - But I also understand why others would.
The reason I wanted to block the instance to begin with is mostly so I can use Lemmy without feeling compelled to focus on these issues.
Well I mean the problem is we are using it, so we need to fork it or not if we are going that route. But making a contribution and having it denied is the first step to a fork.
Good thought, thanks.
Yes. You can go there via the beehaw instance and block the community.
Not a community, a whole instance