Erm… I think you can’t block that admin. Just a hunch, but that might be what’s up here.
Not being able to block a moderator is genuinely hilarious.
You can definitely block mods, and also admins of other instances.
But I don’t think you can block your own instances admins, but if those people are worth blocking maybe you shouldn’t be on that instance…
If you need to block your local instance admin then you probably shouldn’t be using that instance…
In a lot of communities there is frequently one jackass in power while everyone else in power is cool, and being able to ignore that one person is helpful to avoid their behavior from spoiling the fun of the community for me.
If the “cool admins” allow one asshole to be mod, maybe they aren’t as cool as they seem to be or they don’t care enough about their own instance, either way jumping ship is better than dealing with that shit.
all admins are bastards
Can we not pretend that “asshole” is some objective measurement? What looks like someone you really don’t want in your life can be completely irrelevant to others. So you can’t judge all mods because that person you find offensive obviously has to be offensive to everyone else.
There’s a huge difference between “someone I dislike/hate” and “someone who is an asshole”, but nice putting words in my mouth.
While I agree when their jackassery is due to them being a racist/misogynist/homophobe/etc. that letting them stick around is a good sign the rest of those in power are also terrible, sometimes they are just a jackass because of having an abrasive personality or jumping into conversations and being annoying about some subject they care too much about. Think less malicious and more juvenile to the point that blocking them is necessary to enjoy the rest of the community.
I have found zero tolerance means that no place will be acceptable. But yes, if blocking is due to them being hateful then it isn’t worth sticking around.
Think less malicious and more juvenile to the point that blocking them is necessary to enjoy the rest of the community.
No, I don’t think I will. If a mod survives long enough being an asshole (and I mean AN ASSHOLE, not just someone I disagree with) then I see no reason to believe in the admins of that instance.
I have found zero tolerance means that no place will be acceptable. But yes, if blocking is due to them being hateful then it isn’t worth sticking around.
I mean, that’s the whole point of the Fediverse, if you don’t like some instance just switch to another or host your own, the later isn’t an option for me so I pick the instance that seem more acceptable for me (rules and federated instances usually dictate it) and I’ve already jump ship from one on my own. If you think that implies “zero tolerance” then sure, I have “zero tolerance”, but if something if allowed to go south enough I don’t see a reason to stick around.
Looks like we have different definitions of what makes someone an asshole, but are otherwise in agreement.
Source code for the code responsible for this error message:
let target_user = LocalUserView::read_person(&mut context.pool(), target_id).await; if target_user.map(|t| t.local_user.admin) == Ok(true) { Err(LemmyErrorType::CantBlockAdmin)? }You can’t block local instance admins. You can ban external admins (those on other servers), and moderators, though.
Blocking admins doesn’t make much sense anyway, because admins can probably remove the block from the database if they wanted to be malicious.
As a workaround, you can try the following (requires Lemmy 0.19.0 or higher):
- Go to your account settings
- Export your user profile
- Add the user you wish to block to the
blocked_userslist (make sure to stick to the JSON format) - Import your backup
It looks like the code for importing settings does not execute the admin check.
Literally 1984
Can’t relate.
