There was an issue on Reddit a while back where people would post some hateful stuff, and of course lots of people blocked them.

After a while, anti-trans, racist, and far-right-wing stuff were only seen by non-logged in users, other bigots, or new people, and they weren’t getting the downvotes they deserved.

Is this going to be a problem on Lemmy too? I’m worried that if we’re all blocking shitty users that we’re just hiding the problem from ourselves, not fixing it.

  • Jim@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 years ago

    Imo blocked users get less engagement, therefore it helps to some degree. Also, unlike reddit, it’s somewhat difficult to browse the Fediverse without being logged in. I’d guess that if any problematic content does slip through, it reaches a much smaller audience than if it were to slip through on reddit just because of how things are decentralized here.

    edit: I tried it again and I now agree that it is easier to browse with an account. I saw a lot more content than the first time I tried it ~2 months ago

    • Mubelotix@jlai.lu
      0·
      2 years ago

      Also, unlike reddit, it’s somewhat difficult to browse the Fediverse without being logged in

      I strongly disagree with that part

      • cujo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Indeed. I find the inverse to be true. It’s getting harder and harder to browse Reddit without being logged in, but Lemmy is no problem.

  • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
    41·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been blocking everyone with a stupid argument, and it feels great. If we’re really worried about this, just quarantine anyone with a high block rate.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    2 years ago

    So far I’ve only blocked users whose names and posts indicate they’re just here to post porn. Nothing against them, I just want to look at All once in awhile without accidentally (clumsy old-lady fingers) opening someone’s vulva or ass. Nazis I downvote and/or report and/or yell at.

  • awwwyissss@lemm.ee
    31·
    2 years ago

    There’s some hate speech and also tons of propaganda. I’ve stopped recommending the fediverse to people while there’s so much authoritarian propaganda.

    • mlc894@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 years ago

      That is one thing that strikes me. Whenever I look at All, I mostly see bad memes and political “hot takes”. I guess it’s good for engagement, but it’s nothing I’d recommend to anyone yet.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I know for my instance they get full bans. It’s a small instance, but make sure you report people. Mods see it and will ban them from entire instances. They can go be angry trolls on someone else’s server.