Hello, I’m considering hosting my own instance of Lemmy but it is crucial that users are allowed to block remote instances, not just individual communities.
This is because some of our members will want nothing to do with politics, while others will love it. And even within those who enjoy politics, some are really left leaning while others are more moderate.
In order not to stress out the moderators, it’s crucial that we give each user the ability to block things on their own, instead of demanding from the staff that we ban X, Y or Z for everyone.
I haven’t been able to see that feature in this flagship instance. Is that something that is possible or has been considered for future implementation?
Thank you!
Yes, this is exactly the use case I was talking about. If only instance admins can block whole instances, then there’s a perverse incentive to pressure admins into outright banning instances that users disagree with but are not necessarily bad for everyone… especially divisive topics such as politics.
It’s much better for an instance admin to let users know they can ban the instance themselves instead of having to fragment federation.