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Share blocklists? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 hours ago by scuppie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

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Possibly another approach to my last post, but with wider scope - https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/25640154

Is it possible to share a blocklist of communities based on themes? I would find a non English language list very useful, but as I said in the previous post blocking an instance like *.de or *.nl means interrupting comments by users in an English post. Instance level blocking means people who speak multiple languages (and I am one myself) are hidden from me.

But if this were possible it could also be used to block communities for topics I have no interest in, such as sports or all the software I never use announcing update releases. It makes tuning my feed a chore and I think this would improve the experience for everyone's tastes.

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I browse all and block communities I'll never be interested in on the fly. And a bunch of the mene/repost communities, eg. Pics.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I wish there was a way of reliably blocking by topic/tag. I have a very long block list that would be a lot simpler if it could be reduced to:

Languages I don't understand
Anything sports
Anything furry
Anything anime
Porn
Generative AI slop

[–] scuppie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yes exactly. Even anime or TV shows i enjoy i block for fear of spoilers.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

That reminds me I can probably unblock Severance now that I've finally watched S2.

[–] scuppie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 hours ago

Yes so do I, that's my problem. I want to be able to filter content to my interests by category, not individually. It's tiresome to block nba, nfl, futebol, even individual teams. A blocklist i could import for "sport" would be a huge experience improvement for me, just as I imagine for a sports fan if they so wished could block all "anime".

[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I always want to block feddit.org, but there are also some English communities I'm interested in, so that means I have to manually block all German communities. I'm not sure how this could be fixed, except forcing mods/people making communities to use the language selection.