I blocked hexbear a long time ago, on my mtgzone and .world accounts, and recently I've seen posts from there on those accounts as if I hadn't.

Unsure if this is an app issue or platform issue. Are there caps to the size of block lists? I don't see a count for instance blocks, but I've blocked over 1000 communities.

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[–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (9 children)

Instance blocking only blocks communities on the instance, not the users. If a user from the blocked instance posts to another instance you don't have blocked, you still see the user.

That said, I have also noticed USERS I have blocked getting unblocked recently, and they are not simply on an alternate account.

Edit: It seems the users I am seeing become "unblocked" is actually an asshole going around impersonating other big accounts (mainly mods and admins). Has nothing to do with the app.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I thought blocking an instance hides all of the communities on that instance? That's what I'm trying to achieve

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah, it should be blocking the communities. Are you seeing the communities or just users of the instance?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Example: clicking this highlighted link, then refreshing the page, I still see the post in question

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I've noticed this too and it seems to appear under certain conditions that I haven't figured out. It is infrequent but I think it's loading the "default" feed and that seems to disregard instance blocking. I've noticed this with only All but that's mostly what I view so perhaps it could affect other feeds.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    It would be a nice feature to have to be able to block all users from an instance.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    That can be toggled by going into the block list in Settings. I can't link to it but the option is near the top of the block list.

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