I’d love to be able to block an entire instance. Can this please be added to Jerboa?

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    1 year ago

    If I ignore all, how will I ever find things to subscribe to? Just search? How will I know what to search for? Am I just supposed to remember to look for new communities every single day? Every week? What if there’s a great community out there that uses a weird name that doesn’t come up in a search? What if I don’t think of something I like and I never think to search for it? What if there’s something I never knew I liked so I would have never searched for it to begin with? What if something interesting happens in a community that I would have never subscribed to but also wouldn’t have blocked?

    It’s just immensely more difficult and time consuming to find all the things that I might be interested in rather than eliminate the few things that I’m not. That’s like saying why not just listen to the same 3 CDs I already know I like rather than put on a streaming service and skip the songs I don’t care for. You get so much more content and variety rather than just sticking with what you already know.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I use this directory, which works pretty well. I’ll subscribe to anything that looks interesting, then unsubscribe from the ones that end up not working out. On Reddit, I would just search, so hopefully the search improves so I don’t need an external resource.

      And I personally just search every few weeks or when I want something specific.

      What if something interesting happens

      Then you miss out. I personally don’t have much FOMO, so it’s not a big deal for me. Most communities don’t have a lot of posts, so it’s not hard to get caught up if I’m late by a week or two.

      I personally find that I skip over most content when I visit local or all, so it feels like a huge waste of time vs looking at my subscriptions. I don’t like a lot of the high volume communities (memes and other similar content), so for me, sifting through a ton of uninteresting (to me) content isn’t fun. I’d rather miss a few things than spend tons of time scrolling past things I dislike.

      Everyone is different though, and it was just an honest question. If it doesn’t work for you, it doesn’t work.