Yes, so I want to browse all but actually control the content, block instances, block keywords, etc… currently using Jerboa, but not married to it.
I got banned frrom there just for saying that I don’t support the russian invasion. Russia isn’t even remotely socialist and Putin never hid his fascist beliefs. Dude can’t go 5 seconds without citing Ivan Ilyn and Carl Schmidt. I’m a leftist, but this dudes are totally lost in their ‘war’ against the west.
we are in your walls, you shall never escape
Interesting that everyone here wants to operate their feed on a blacklist basis. Personally I’d love the opposite, to be able to subscribe to instances or specific communities and only get content from those. The main reason I used Reddit over anything else is because it only showed you posts from subs you subscribed to.
You can set your feed to only show subscribed communities in your account settings.
Weird, it doesn’t work for me for some reason, I have to manually go into the “subscribed” tab each time. Also my point about not being able to subscribe to entire instances still stands. For instance(heh) bookwormstory.social is an instance dedicated to discussing a specific book series and currently has like 5 communities, and I’d have no way of knowing when they started a new community unless I manually checked.
I guess you could just create another account in that instance, though I agree it’s not really optimal…
Another reason to block an instance is language. For example, https://feddit.de is a non-English language instance, I’ll never interact with anything from there.
Though, perhaps that’s a separate issue. Maybe users should be able to set their language(s) and content can be blocked if it’s not in your language(s).
Probably best to do it hierarchically, where instances have a default language, magazines can override the default instance language, and posts can overwrite the default magazine language.
You can in your profile settings, I only allow Undetermined/English so I see no German, Italian, or whatever
I honestly think that we should have major instances federated to everyone and instead of complete defederation, provide users with options to block (basically hide) content from certain instances and users from your feed. It would also be crucial to have a separate tab then for all (unfiltered) content. The thing is, one of the main problems with traditional socials is that it is so easy to create a bubble around you and not see anything outside of it. While it’s OK to have personalized feed, it’s also important to be able to see everything the way it is - even with marxists, stalinists, fascists and so on. Maybe having some arguments with them here and there would be good too.
The other viable option is to just leave everything as it is, and retreat to viewing only subscribed content when you feel like it
There is a federation on/off button on kbin. It’s the little triangle symbol in the upper right next to the settings gear symbol.
I agree. Having your opinions challenged is a good way to develop yourself into a kind and well mannered person.
And if you are incapable of dealing with pressures, it should be easy to allow yourself to wall yourself in with the communities you vibe with using features available to block specific instances and people at the account-level and not the instance-level.
