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What is that shithole and how do I block/avoid it?
The flagship Lemmy instance, lemmy.ml, part of the Tankie Triad. The other instances are Hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml, these 2 are much much louder and worse about it and have been pretty widely defederated from many instances at this point.
But because lemmy.ml is run by the main lemmy devs (Who are hardcore tankies btw), host a number of official Lemmy comms and try to be more subtle about it via admin/mod action (as documented) most instances treat them with "kid gloves" and don't defed
If you're open to moving instances (or just having your current account as a designated NSFW account) I'd recommend trying out Lemmy.cafe which defed's from the entire triad
You can do a whole instance block from the profile settings on the webui, however, it should be thought more of like a mute rather than a block. You won't see stuff from them, but they can see your stuff and interact with it (i.e. they can downvote you, shit talk you) you just won't see it. (it's been brought up a bunch as one of the big Lemmy issues).
Now if you want to have fun with it and poke the bear a bit, you can try to speedrun a site ban from them, which unlike a "block" actually does prevent all .ml users from seeing your posts and comments
Man, that is helpful, thank you so much.. Speed-ban sounds kinda fun. Can I easily switch to the Cafe from NSFW, or does it require a new login? Thank you again, sorry for taking up your time.
No worries at all lol
It would be a new login (you can think of Lemmy instances as email providers (Gmail, yahoo, aol etc) if it's easier.
You can export your subscriptions, saved posts etc from lemmynsfw.com/settings (at the bottom) and reimport them on the new instance (in the same place). The big things that can't be exported though is your post and comment history