#tip Individuals can block entire instances. Just pick an individual from the instance in question, go to their profile, and open up the menu you would use to mute, block, or report them. Under these options is another one: hide all posts from <instance>. You'll be asked to confirm, just in case. Once you pull the trigger, refresh your feed. You won't see material from the instance you just blocked.
I just verified this by blocking switter.at, BTW.
Don't get me wrong: I'm glad Switter exists because sex workers need and deserve safe spaces more than anybody else, but I visit Mastodon on my phone at my day job instead of going out for a smoke break. I don't need un-tagged NSFW material showing up in my feed.
And I don't mean nudity. Because I'm a man, a woman looking over my shoulder and seeing a photo of a woman in lingerie can accuse me of sexual harassment. I don't need that hassle.
it is problematic, yes. i fixed it on my own local instance by tagging any post from switter as NSFW, but doing that in mastodon is probably a pain in the ass. i haven't looked at it.
@kaniini I can't help you there. But I've seen people from Switter publicly refuse to even consider toning down or CW'ing content they consider PG-13, and I don't blame them. Doesn't mean I want to see it if I crack open the Federated feed, and I suspect others are in similar positions.
It's also a way to deal with instances with asshole infestations like shitposter.club.
the correct path of action is to do what you want
(also please do not tag me in threads where you ask Gargron for moral advice, it is likely to irritate me)
@kaniini @starbreaker I'm not asking for a moral guidance from anyone.
I'm not sure what options for blocking there is as a user and also what's the supposed way to contact instance admins on these issues if you come across issues like missing CWs from a whole instance.
that's fair
i wouldn't try to tell other instances what to do
if you don't like what they are doing, it's probably best to drop them or rewrite their messages to fit the local policy, like i did
@starbreaker @kaniini This, only found out about it a few days ago.
Special interest instances are great since you can mute en-masse based on special interest :)
I confess I've done this for all sorts - from the obvious one (shitposting), even the photography/art one (I'm sure there's good work, but makes things noisy etc).
Apparently if you exercise your free right to mute an instance and pick and choose what you want to see, you are 'ghettoizing' them (not my choice of terms, just paraphrasing someone).
that person asked me how to block me, then called me a stalker when i replied with instructions on how to block me, as requested
@superruserr @kaniini Maybe I am, but I refuse to care. #MyFeedMyRules.
@starbreaker @kaniini
Hi, @Gargron what is the correct path of action here?