@Gullible thanks for replying, friend.

I have not either yet.

This latest update gives me hope that it'll eventually happen, but they are going slower than a fucking sloth...🤦‍♂️

I'm waiting to see if they're gonna try to pull some asshattery.

I know what's theoretically possible with AP and it's nothing that I can't undo by blocking their ass, so I'd like to see them try to fuck this up....

@Gullible it cannot be done. They can only get anything that's already public on your profile, nothing more. Emails and IP addresses aren't shared, and no advertising cookies are ever grabbed from Fediverse that I've ever seen.

They *can* allow companies to make accounts and make posts that are essentially ads, but it cannot be targeted across AP and companies can already do that if they wish on Mastodon.

Your profile name, profile pic, bio, and public posts are what they can get from AP.

@seathru tbh, I'm not sure how it works from Lemmy...😳

On Mastodon, you would have to see a users profile from threads and click the "..." Menu, in that menu there's an option to "block this domain"

I only use Lemmy for one specific community I passively moderate, so I'm mostly unknowledgeable how Lemmy works for things outside of Lemmy.

I am even unsure how to read this very post from Lemmy since I didn't post it to a community.😬

I will boost your post so hopefully you can get an answer on whether or not it's possible for you.

@Sanctus thanks for you insight, friend.🙏

Unfortunately I didn't think about platforms like Lemmy when creating this. I don't know much about Lemmy.😬

I don't even know how this post is viewed there since I didn't mention a specific community.

Is there a federated feed like on Mastodon and other microblogging softwares?🤔

It looks like on here it was posted to fediverse@fedia.io

I dont know much else. Something with the account or community addresses being tagged. But yes there is a feed. Its like reddit sort of.

@Sanctus ohh...that's interesting...🤔

That's an Mbin community so I wonder if they have something in the code to pull stuff based on hashtags.

Thanks for the quick response!😁

ahhh...that's true.

Unfortunately that's due to GDPR and their inability to insure the deletion of data on request.😬

However, on Fedi, you can still see, follow, and reply to Threads users from other countries if you aren't blocking them.

So this post is meant more of like "do you have the intention to block threads?"

Like a lot of people have very valid reasons like they're concerns for moderation and things which is, of course, very valid.

But if your intention is to not block threads right now you should vote no.

@emaechler yes, but moderation on the smaller instances is way better because of the small userbase compared to Threads with 200m+ that I can imagine is harder to moderate, even for a bigger company, things slip through and I understand not wanting to be called slurs because of your sexual preference/race/religion etc.

It's their choice after all. All I can do is listen and respect their decision.🤷‍♂️

@Crackhappy unfortunately, being on Lemmy, I'm not sure that you could.😬 I didn't think about Lemmy when creating this because I was not aware that Mbin makes posts based on hashtags. I'm very unknowledgeable about that part of Fedi.

I think the only way you could, as a Lemmy user, would be to migrate or sign up on a different instance that blocks it for you.🤷‍♂️

@sandwich well...I didn't...at least not on purpose.

Apparently Mbin, or at least fedia.io, uses hashtags to make posts in communities.

I added the hashtags and it went without my knowledge or intention.😂🤷‍♂️

@sandwich it's pretty neat!

The original creator seems like a decent enough person and from my point of view, looks like he's doing it in a very admirable way by not "holding the keys to the castle" for lack of a better term. Multiple people have merge control for PRs and such. It's pretty cool.

We had an unfortunate misunderstanding a few weeks ago, but I'd hope that we have corrected that and can leave it in the past and move on.

@melroy

you do not need to, if your instance already blocks them. I noted that if your instance blocks it, just answer yes because you can't control it.

In fact, in theory, an instance block is stronger than a user block. I've seen a user block a domain and people from that domain in the replies asking how they could see the comment if they were blocked.

When a user blocks a domain through the mastodon UI, Its functionally just a mute.

If you ever need to do a domain block for any reason, though, you go to a user's profile from that domain and hit the "..." Drop down menu, then hit "block this domain".

me?

If so, they're both me. The other is an unused account, that I keep logged in, that I made to attach to relay.fedi.buzz which helps me get content to my instance and helps my content go out. It's called Fedibuzzdummy cause it's a dummy account for Fedi buzz.

The only other account here is the guy that helped me set the instance up over a year ago and hasn't been online since that day.

Oh, I meant my instance is basically a single user instance. And blocked at the instance level.

There *may* be reason to reverse that, but it was based on activity that hit my instance, not just political.

@jigmedatse ohhh...I was SO confused😅

Sorry.🤦‍♂️

You do you. Block whoever you wish for whatever reason you wish. It's not my place to tell anyone who to block and not block.

I'm just curious about the stats.🤷‍♂️

@jigmedatse Well, that really depends on you and if you feel you would be safe from harassment, if such things should occur.

I know lots of LGBTQA folks have that worry specifically. I am not familiar with Meta's moderation, but I've seen it said many times that it's not good.

Take that how you wish. I don't have such issues, so I feel safe. But I wouldn't recommend anyone who is a part of those types of communities to let their guard down.

@jigmedatse yeah...that's what i figured.🤦‍♂️

Sorry you had to go through that, friend.😔

mastodon.social wasn't *that* bad. It was just historically that size of instance, it's *very* difficult to have good moderation. And stuff was taking more than 90 days for some stuff.

I gave it that kind of time, because being a big instance, it meant that it was harder to justify blocking the instance.

@jigmedatse yeah, I totally understand that. I'm a bit worried myself of being blocked by them.

I've already been blocked by Eugen personally for criticizing his development strategy and not focusing on much needed moderation tools...😅

I have almost 300 friends there so I would be making a lot of noise if it happened.😬

It wasn't really even close to that. But one I know and really miss seeing in *this* timeline kind of sucks. But another instance, I got blocked, because... Well I criticized the blind use of block lists, and tried to discuss what can be problematic about that.

That instance has had other cases where blocks have been personal, and knocking connections blindly.

@jigmedatse oof. Yeah, I was on Oliphant's Tier 3 blocklist before it got decommissioned with the reason of "Ableist" which is obviously bullshit. I have ADHD and i'm slightly autistic. There's no ableist in me.

They put me on there because I sometimes post AI art.

Which is all fine and dandy, but don't lie!🤦‍♂️

I get pissed at people posting AI art, but honestly it's mostly the people who they don't really get why it's problematic.

I keep getting the "transphobic" thing. Which I go, "um what even are you talking about," in part because I am aware it *could* be that some stuff could come across as transphobic.

Woke up to that today.

I've also had the "ableist" thing as well. The main case, was when I said, "don't assume someone is being malicious..." citing Hanon's Razor.