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I have been looking through a long thread on another instance where a few users have been trying to convince that instance to defederate from Exploding Heads - because they do not want to see the content posted on Exploding Heads.

I have thought long and hard about how to please these people. They do have the option to individually block Exploding Heads communities or users, but they either do not know how to or simply do not want to.

In the end I realized if I ban those specific users requesting defederation from Exploding Heads - they will not see any content from Exploding Heads and therefore will not be offended by it. (Truth be told I am not sure if some of these users have really visited our site or interacted with our users).

So today I have banned those users with the explanation that they have said they do not want to see Exploding Heads content. If any of those users wish to be unbanned in the future, all they have to do is say so and I will happily unban them.

These users are not being banned in order to censor them, but to help them achieve what they have been requesting - to not see Exploding Heads content.

I hope you all find this a fair and reasonable action - if not let me know.

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[–] Ataraxia 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've seen this brought up a lot as well and my only issue is having to keep blocking communities as they pop up. I've spent the last week blocking NSFW communities because as soon as one is blocked then I start seeing content about bestiality or elbow sex. It's never ending. I don't see anything from exploding heads so I guess world isn't federated with them but it would get tedious and upsetting to have to keep blocking their content. All they have to do is make more communities to get around it.

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

Lol just realized I'm on exploding heads. OK well whatever you need to do to block me I'm OK with it . I'm avoiding political instances ;).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

So do you want me to block you now or see how it goes?