I came from Reddit where they definitely did matter. They don’t seem to hold any real weight here. Is this true for some or all instances? If they don’t matter, what are they for?

  • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    It would be present on a guy’s computer and the network would block any communication with him. I think that’s as good as it gets.

    No, from the way you have described it - people who have enabled a blocklist that block his account would block any communication with him and thus blacklist his child porn. But anyone else who enters the website new without any blocks up would see it.

    I think you’re dead wrong there. I think that everybody hates being told what they can say and who they can talk to.

    This debate has come up many times before on the fediverse. Most people do not support the site being turned into 4chan.

    Many instances are run relatively stricter than other instances (such as beehaw and lemmy.blahaj) and specific communities require higher levels of moderation maintain a level of quality (particular subreddits not present on the fediverse function like this right now such as askscience, askhistorians etc).

    • presoak@lazysoci.al
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      1 hour ago

      That would be one of those mandatory blacklists to which I referred. And now I’m repeating myself.

      Just say, “bwaaaah! I don’t like it” and be done with it.

      Bye.

      • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
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        1 hour ago

        That would be one of those mandatory blacklists to which I referred. And now I’m repeating myself.

        So a “mandatory blacklist” sounds an awful lot like just a admin ban which is no different to what exists now.

        Just say, “bwaaaah! I don’t like it” and be done with it.

        I don’t. But for many other reasons to.