I used to wish I could block a specific instance. I used to think everyone on this instance was a troll. I've seen more of their people, and I no longer feel that's the case. I'm not sure my Lemmy experience would be better without this instance, though I don't think they are actively making it better by not being blocked. They just... are.

I really only block people who harass me (multiple rude messages) and who exclusively post stuff I don't like to see. I browse /all exclusively, so I see a lot of stuff and thus, block a lot of communities. But sometimes people go from communities dedicated to things I don't like to see, into more general communities to, I guess recruit? I dunno. So I block them. It's nothing personal, they might be lovely people IRL, but their main game is posting stuff I don't wanna see, so I just hit block. (I often wish they don't know I did it because I try not to spread negativity. Though I think we all do a little of that from time to time, I try to be conscious of the energy I'm putting out there.)

I only heard about PieFed after I joined up, but I hear the instance I use is going to offer (or has offered?) a PieFed instance. Maybe someday I'll look into switching.