there is a rightwinger instance constantly showing up in my feed and blocking users/communities one by one is getting a bit annoying :/
there is a rightwinger instance constantly showing up in my feed and blocking users/communities one by one is getting a bit annoying :/
yeah, users need more control, instances need the ability to defederate due to anything crossing legal lines in thier jursdictions, but right now its used for more than that simply because it works well.
users should have control over blocking not just communities but entire instances if they please and meta on posts/communities should be correct so instances can show users SFW public pages for non-members (aka the general public)
The good thing is you can always run a tiny instance for just yourself and not defederate with anyone if other communities defederate too aggressively.
im sure it would need some tweaks to how sync works but i think its completely possible for every user that wanted to have thier own instance, running right on thier phone if they desired.
I can already imagine a few ways that can go wrong. This would be a awesome way to do it though but there are many issues that would have to be addressed for that.
Users should absolutely have mute/block/privacy controls. These should be used to build the community they want and see what they want to see.
Users should not be left to “fend for themselves” against abuse/hate/racism having a platform.
A person of color should feel safe.
Women should feel safe.
LGBTQIA+ should feel safe.
BIPOC should feel safe.
They should be able to login, find their community and participate without needing to deal with DM’s of lynchings, being publichly shamed with racial slurs. Power belongs to real community and real engagement, not abusers.
This is precisely the point I’ve been trying to make elsewhere in the thread. Maybe some people want total individual freedom/responsibility to block or not, but most of us want to find an instance community that will protect us and serve our interests by dealing with that for us, so we don’t have to go through that mental health damage constantly.