• awwwyissss@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    I think the extremist politics on here drive people away. I don’t even tell anyone I use Lemmy because of that.

    Hexbear is obviously the worst, but Lemmy.ml is also openly spreading propaganda.

    • Blaze@reddthat.comOP
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      8 months ago

      I see where you come from, my usual advice to new joiners is to block hexbear and to avoid news and political communities

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        8 months ago

        It’s hard… when a user blocks an instance, the propaganda still shows up when the offending users comment on other instances.

          • smoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.ca
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            8 months ago

            A mute is not the same as an outright block.

            Muting effectively just means you don’t see the instances posts, but you can see the users comments if they are federated with your instance. For example, I have kbin blocked, but I can still interact with kbin users - when they reply to my comments or posts, which they can still do, I simply just don’t get a notification for it.

            Dessalines doesn’t care about stuff like this. Beehaw has been asking for proper moderation tools forever and effectively just told to get fucked every time.