Ko'vari

I agree with your outlook 100%. However, beehaw has made themselves a community intentionally to be safe for their like-minded members, which I also understand. It does get tiring to see hate spewed without much reason or direction.

Your point is partially why I stuck with .ml rather than switching over to a different instance. I understand that they also have controversial instances blocked but it’s not like I can’t see them still.

Rational thought takes a bit of effort for some people and its normally easier to either isolate or congregate.

We don’t want them (TD fans) just as much as anybody.

This might be a hot take but…

Is the interface really that terrible? I feel that if it were as easily accessible aa reddit or even facebook then we would be bombarded with so many brain dead posts by users who don’t understand how to get through a computer and therefore the quality of posting and discussion goes way down.

I’m probably wrongly stereotyping and judging here but I had to say it.

There’s literally not anything left on reddit that I wish to see anymore. It’s all controlled and bloated and designed to keep you addicted and angry. I’ve been increasingly bored and annoyed with the platform for a while, so this made the transition to lemmy even easier. Honestly, a lot of people are better off without it.

Sadly doing nothing is easier so most people will never be proactive.

I think a lot of it comes down to people who want to have a like minded experience; which can be good and bad. It essentially enforces to them that they’re in the right regardless without seeing the big picture. And that can be dangerous.

Is there a way to view blocked instances and why?

You’ve got a very good point here that I don’t think a lot of people have considered. I’m glad someone had mentioned it – it could very well be just what we need.

I have nothing else to add that wouldn’t be portrayed as negative so I believe putting efforts frontwards to bettering what currently is, is a great course of action.