Remembering to look for and ignore folks with that telltale indicator has made the fediverse so much more enjoyable.
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You may not know this, but there is an option to block instances in the settings
Not the users though. I have .ml blocked, which means communities hosted there (therefore moderated by them) don't show up. However I still have to read their tankie comments.
And they can vote on your content, reply to you, send you DMs, triggering notifications, etc. The "instance block" doesn't really block much at all...
Moving to PieFed is about the only realistic way to be able to block all users from an instance. (Otherwise there's Sync and Connect, neither of which are updated iirc, and from there you start getting into custom uBlock Origin filtering rules... PieFed is just way easier, plus has tons of other features that Lemmy lacks and likely will either never have or at least will take many years to begin to catch up, at which point PieFed will continually have added even moar-er features... it's a virtuous cycle:-)
piefed, i believe, can block all their posters as well.
And for some, that's absolutely the best solution!
To me, the fediverse is already pretty small so I don't like blocking and making it smaller. So, personally, my compromise is to see everything but consider the source before responding etc.
(And judicious use of piefed's user note system; good ol' vomitty face for the unpleasant non .ml folks and a big ol' smile for the sane seeming .ml peoples!)
Can one block all users from said instances too, or is that not possible?
piefed, i believe, can do this
Can confirm this.
There are ways but they are quite difficult. The Sync or Connect apps offer that, although I think they aren't updated often iirc. Some exceedingly few instances have defederated from lemmy.ml, but none of the major ones. You can also get into customized uBlock Origin filtering rules, if you want...
Or just switch to PieFed, which has tons of features that Lemmy lacks. Like seriously, just tons and tons of them, and more keep being added practically weekly. Lemmy can or will not keep up, so it will fall behind and PieFed continue to pull ahead, watch and see. https://piefed.social/auth/instance_chooser
I don't know why you're being downvoted but here's my internet point in solidarity.
The people who are most likely to become blocked by following my advice are well-known to be anti-choice (in the sense that they don't want others to have the ability to block them). Which ironically is one of the best reasons to go ahead and do so.