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A quick search tells me there is a feature you are supposed to be able to access that lets you filter on language. Beyond that it seems you need an instance. its not hard to run a private one really. Or you can find one that aligns with what you would want to see. This is often how it was done with useenet. you would find a BBS that filtered (or not) what you got. Some even allowed you some ability to pick later on.
The problem with the language filter is that I think it requires the person posting to select their language every time they post a comment or post. I looked at the language filter in my Lemmy settings and it says "if you don't select undetermined, you won't see most content"
agree, there need to be more tools there are a number of issue posts on these things on github, if you look for "lemmy github" youll find the UI and server repos, on the issues tab you can search for your issue and then upvote/show your support. If something you want is not there or is broken and not listed, post it up.
I think the only way some of this is going to get done is if its cataloged and clear people want/need it.
If you are running your own instance, you can add any instances you want blocked to your block list in the admin settings.
If you arenβt running your own instance, join an instance that blocks the instances youβd like blocked.
That's a little clunky, but good to know.
There is a feature called "block community", but so far it seems like it doesn't really work cause when I click on it, nothing happens. Blocking users works, though. So maybe only a matter of time to block instances/communities?
So what I had to do was search for the community I want to block and block them from their main page. The settings page just shows you who you already blocked and lets you unblock them if desired. At least that's how it works on the web interface.
Ah okay! I will try that out, thank you!
Instances can be blocked, but youβd need to be an admin on your instance. I donβt know of a user setting to filter an instance as of right now.
You can block communities you don't like or users you don't want to see. I'd imagine you could just manually block all the communities that are showing up in your feed from that instance.
Yeah that's what I did with a few of the Lemmygrad communities. As well as all the German-language ones that flood my feed with posts I can't read lol.
why?
I disagree with a lot of the content coming from that instance. The "why" isn't the point though. A lot of people would probably appreciate the ability to just not see posts from specific instances.