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[–] wagoner 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That doesn't sound correct. If it were, what would be the point of the block instance feature?

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's to block all posts from that instance, which I think is not enough.

[–] wagoner 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So it blocks all posts from that instance but not all users? What is the difference as I still see none of their users posts, which is the point isn't it? I'm genuinely not understanding.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can still see their comments, unlike when your instance defederates from their instance. For some people, the ability to completely block all interaction with an instance is important.

[–] wagoner 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We're talking Lemmy or Mastodon? Because I'm talking Mastodon.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Ah, no wonder. Yes, I was talking about Lemmy, sorry.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

we're discussing lemmy. because we're on lemmy.

[–] wagoner 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, that explains all. There's a mixture of both being discussed, including in the top comment. No problem, thanks for clarifying.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for asking. It’s better to know what page you’re on then to speculate wildly. Sorry for the confusion.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

exactly. it's pointless.