It’s a frontend for lemmy, and it had a secret block list. Generally made of people who held such extreme and toxic positions like “fascism is bad” or “rich people shouldn’t be rich when other people are starving”
Well from what i know it’s not really blocked, the targetted users and communities get their content either not displayed, either as an error message. They’re technically there, not blocked, but the frontend chooses to hide them.
Mr_Fish@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
It’s a frontend for lemmy, and it had a secret block list. Generally made of people who held such extreme and toxic positions like “fascism is bad” or “rich people shouldn’t be rich when other people are starving”
Hated@lemmy.world 47 minutes ago
i’ve only been here for i day and none of you are even remotely as reasonable as you describe
outerzenith@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
whuh? why does a front-end have the ‘permission’ to block users? shouldn’t that fall to the instance instead?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And that, you see, is the crux of everybody’s objection to it.
Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 19 hours ago
Well from what i know it’s not really blocked, the targetted users and communities get their content either not displayed, either as an error message. They’re technically there, not blocked, but the frontend chooses to hide them.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yeah it doesn’t need “permission”, that’s the thing. Dude just made it so the things or people he didn’t like caused “error messages.”
69420@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My guess is that the blocking is done client-side.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Apparently it also includes opinions such as, “penguins are cool,” and “check out this silly knife.”
popekingjoe@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well you’re obviously trying to rile people up with those statements.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Your knives ain’t silly, they’re cool af
watson387@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
At just a quick glance, I don’t see my account listed but my username is in the regex. lol
Mr_Fish@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
I’m the same. I think you’re blocked if either is true
Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
That’s correct. The regex based blocking will block the username on any instance