Hi,

I was curious, after seeing quite a few spam posts originate from one particular instance, is there a way that I, as a user, can block instances, so that their users’ posts don’t appear on my feed completely?

Cheers

  • Nath@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Some of the mobile apps have a ‘block instance’ button.

    There is also the report feature. Report the spam and I’m usually on it fairly quickly. At least you’ll be saving other aussie.zone users from seeing it.

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      1 year ago

      Roger, wilco.

      I’ll try to see other mobile lemmy apps too - currently using Voyager on iOS, and it doesn’t have this option.

      A further question Re: the reporting of spam.

      If I see the spam on a community on a different instance, say, the “technology” community at beehaw.org (https://beehaw.org/c/technology), and I report spam, would you receive it, or would it go to their mods/admins only?

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        1 year ago

        It will go to both. For general reports of content on another instance’s community (eg a post doesn’t comply with a rule, but there’s nothing else really wrong with it), I just ignore them.

        But for spam, I’ll ban the user and remove all their posts.