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So, I've just done something that I said I'd be reluctant to do in future without community consultation and blocked an instance.

I don't think anyone will have any issues with it, but I figured I'd let everyone know since this executive decision affects all aussie.zone users.

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago

The intolerant are not owed tolerance. Fuck em.

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks like it was a single dickhead, who the instance have now dealt with.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Did you visit the instance URL? That was the decider for me.

Edit: ok, they look legit now. At 6am, it was an anti-trans meme.

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Better to be overly cautious and restore later. You did the right thing.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I totally forgot aussie.zone admins get these reports. When I report a post or comment from another instance do admins from both instances receive them? I'll be a bit reluctant to report stuff from other instances if it means aussie.zone admins have to deal with the extra work. Not that I've reported anything much else lately.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Don't hesitate. Yes, if you report something anywhere, Lodion and I (90% chance it's me) see it. There honestly aren't very many reports in general, and because we have a question on our sign up page, we're fairly sure that the accounts we approve are human. So complaints against aussie.zone users are rare. ^*^

If the report is for another instance, I'll almost always do nothing. This one is an obvious exception to that, of course.

[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think you might have only blocked it for yourself, because I can still access their communities and users, e.g. https://aussie.zone/c/woodcrafters@r.nf

They also seem to be a legit instance, just a very small one

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That would be dumb of me, but not out of the realm of possibility. I had just woken up, was on mobile and I'm a bit under the weather.

[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Fair enough, that content was disgusting thanks for trying to get ahead of it

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd be surprised if you can defederate from an app

[–] lodion@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The native lemmy web interface works from mobile devices pretty well.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I often forget mobile doesn't mean app