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submitted 2 years ago by cyanocobalamin@beehaw.org to c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

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Hey there,

I'm a refugee from Squabbles/Squablr.co.

I didn't care for the recent changes to the TOS nor the "free speech site" dog whistle announcement.

I really liked the lack of downvoting there, so someone suggested Beehaw.

I've been slow to give Lemmy a try. I read that the founder developer and current owner of Lemmy.ML is a "tankie" - a European communist extremist.

Is it possible with my Beehaw account to filter lemmy.ml out and is it something I want to do?

I'm not familiar with subject driven fediverse social media yet.

Happy weekend to all

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[–] cyanocobalamin@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm using a desktop web browser.

How would I block those instances?

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Beehaw is already defederated from both.

[–] cyanocobalamin@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Better than awesome! I've got so many nice responses. My impression of Lemmy is changing quickly! Thank you.

[–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

if you have uBlock Origin set up you can adapt my filters: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1633853

Something along the lines of this should work for you:

beehaw.org##.person-listing[title$="@lemmygrad.ml"]:upward(:is(.post-listing, .comment))
beehaw.org##.post-listing:has(.community-link[title$="@lemmygrad.ml"])
beehaw.org##.person-listing[title$="@hexbear.net"]:upward(:is(.post-listing, .comment))
beehaw.org##.post-listing:has(.community-link[title$="@hexbear.net"])

edit: beehaw seems to have defederated both already, so you don't need to do anything to block those two instances.

[–] cyanocobalamin@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

About a year or two ago I learned how to make custom Ublock filters for an old web board I use. No easy task, so I really appreciate this. Thank you!

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

So both of

https://alexandrite.app/

https://vger.app

are alternative web front ends to lemmy. The former is more desktop oriented. I don't think Voyager supports it yet but they update at a breakneck pace.

[–] cyanocobalamin@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow! Alexandrite.App is MUCH nicer! Thanks for the tip!

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

You're welcome! The explosion of great alternative frontends is one of my favorite things

[–] cyanocobalamin@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can I use either of those with my BeeHaw account?

I joined BeeHaw because I don't like downvoting and content ranking.

Thanks for the URLs.

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yes! They should work with any Lemmy instance (including beehaw)

It sounds like you joined the right server, beehaw is generally considered the friendliest and best moderated server on here

[–] cyanocobalamin@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

The reception I am getting here is the nicest I've gotten since I left Reddit to try other platforms. It is quickly changing my impression of Lemmy.

Thank you!