How do I block all hexbear and lemmy.ml. I'm sick of being a part of the China/Russia psyops. (lemm.ee)

submitted 12 hours ago by jaschen@lemm.ee to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I can block individual communities, but I wanna block everything from hexbear.

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[-] iorale@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I'm actually thinking about it, most of the content from my country is just propaganda and manipulated news and every time I try to correct it I get downvoted to hell.
The rest is the same content I can already find in Reddit or content I don't really care about.

Also that thing about my posts/comments never really getting deleted or not allowing me to delete something if a power tripping mod from ml bans me, still bothers me.

Edit: also a lot of instances also block the nsfw ones for whatever reason... So that makes it even harder.

[-] cyps@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Yeah, I feel it too.

Lemmy fills about half the void left from when I quit using Reddit. Helps me keep up with things... but there is just so much negativity: outrage, propaganda, and outright gaslighting.

So much time spent blocking stuff just so I can scroll the feed without killing my mood. Power users, power tripping mod/admins, users solely here to push an agenda, and the hivemind are as prevalent as ever.

On a technical level, I'm not even sure if the protocol is right for this kind of service. Large instances have so much power. The barrier for entry for small instances grows every day. User privacy and control of your own content sucks.

Not saying it's all bad here, just saying it feels lacking. At least reddit had varied and active niche communities, where you could find better quality discussions than the default subs.