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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just looked through the communities they mod. Unless you are dying to engage with illegalimigration, mixedrace, revelation, askconspiracytheorists, antiwitchcraft, fluoride, chemtrails, or newworldorder, I don't think anything of value was lost.

[–] 00@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Antiwitchcraft

What year is it? 1576?

[–] Bombastic@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] jerome@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Just wait until 3001 AD and the ban will expire. Since he's clearly not a fan of transhumanism or other such fields of study he probably won't still be around then to extend it.

[–] mihnt@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not the biggest fan of public voting over here. I have a feeling in the long run it will cause way too much conflict. I've already had a run in with someone over here because I downvoted them and I'm not a super active user.

[–] darq@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the other hand it's kinda funny to see when someone has clearly trawled your profile and reduced everything based on reading a conversation from a week ago.

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's also really good when you're having a discussion and getting 1 downvote each time, to be able to just look to see whether it's the person you're having the conversation with.

Occasionally people are not enjoying a discussion but instead of ending it they passive-aggressively downvote, and if I figure that out, I can just end the conversation and release them from their misery.

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That same user downvoted every single post in a magazine I moderate. Completely unprovoked

[–] jerome@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] jon@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

There really does need to be a limit of how many magazines you're allowed to moderate. There's no way you can effectively moderate 59 different communities.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ONLY 59? I just moderate one.

[–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago
[–] theJWPHTER88@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Me? I have four of them, one of them about this new acad fantasy Minecraft roleplay series since July 2nd.

[–] CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why did you block him/her?

Also, I didn't even know until now that we have supermods in kbin/lemmy. Lol.

[–] jerome@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're a super right-wing user that spreads false information and moderates. They shouldn't be in a leadership role.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just had a look at his profile, and wow, I wouldn't call him "super right-wing." I'd call him a loonie. Fortunately most of the magazines he's squatting on have similarly loonie names and I doubt there'll be much call to use them for anything productive. Maybe Graphene and Fluoride might be useful for serious posts someday, but they're pretty special-interest for the size of the Fediverse right now.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

It’s a lot harder to squat in the Fediverse as you can just open a community on a different instance.

[–] sab@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally, I have a pretty low bar for blocking other users here. If I find someone consistently annoying or negativistic I'm better off not seeing their posts, even if they're not actively trolling. It's not a public punishment or anything, they won't be affected at all, and I get to spend less time reading content that doesn't interest me.

[–] CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I do have an account almost like that. But that one mostly blocks communities and I filter only by subscription. I don't usually block users, though. This account has almost no communities blocked lol.

But yeah, I get where you're coming from. That's a good idea, tbh. Does kbin/lemmy show a user who has blocked him/her? Asking because some people may take it personally (like the one OP posted).

[–] czech@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Do folks get an alert when you block them?

[–] Arotrios@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lmao - gotta say it's creative. There are trolls on my ban list that could use a multi-century sentence.

[–] hoodlem@hoodlem.me 3 points 1 year ago

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how did they know you had blocked them?

[–] elouboub@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just found out it's possible to ban users from a sub... and that it's possible to use a custom CSS??? Wow, OK. I should maybe spend some time on that.

[–] btaf45@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just found out it's possible to ban users

It's not, really. Just make a different account. The key advantage of fediverse is that you can never be banned from a group and have it stick.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The key advantage of fediverse is that you can never be banned from a group and have it stick.

That characteristic is a double edged sword. It's a disadvantage if you want to keep trolls out.