Blocking people and servers

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:22:05 +0100

adminsforum@hubzilla.org

Crow wrote the following post Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:22:05 +0100

Blocking people and servers

Some servers deserve to be blocked from federation. Some people deserve to be shunned from federation and never seen again in channel, timeline or stream.

How can I do that? There does not seem to be any way.

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Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:17:42 +0100

@Crow hmm... Have you try Superblock application on your Hubzilla instance to block people? Regarding block instance at all i think that this is admin feature.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:19:08 +0100

Scott M. Stolz

scott@hubzilla.monster

In Hubzilla, you would go to Admin > Security. Your hub can block domains and channels.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:27:04 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

Thanks. I forgot about that add on. I want to defederate every Nazi. I *am* my admin, so if there’s a way to do that, please point me there.

There are some outrageously vile domains out there.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:38:30 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@Michael [Кошак] Skolsky I enabled Superblock and set it to be pinned to the sidebar… and it doesn’t show anywhere. Still fumbling around….

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:47:15 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@Altyr on Stream yes I want to block federation to a Nazi hubzilla instance. If I knew what I was looking for in technical terms, I’d hopefully know where to find it.

Seems that it’s in admin>security “block communication from these servers” but I’m uncertain if that’s the same as defederation.

What I’d really love would be a “BLOCK” button right next to “CONNECT” any time I see a profile that belongs to a racist dirtbag. Even better if, like Mastodon, it easily gave me the ability to block the whole domain a scumbag is on.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:00:13 +0100

Alexander Goeres

jabgoe2089@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

What I’d really love would be a “BLOCK” button right next to “CONNECT” any time I see a profile that belongs to a racist dirtbag

that's how superblock works ...

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:13:13 +0100

Witcraft (Hubzilla)

witcraft@hubzilla.fediversum.de

@Crow

What I’d really love would be a “BLOCK” button right next to “CONNECT”

When you hover over a profile pic, a white triangle becomes visible. When you click on it, it opens a menu that includes "block completely". Clicking on that adds someone to the superblock list. The app itself (like in the app menu, or the sidebar) is only needed to un-block someone from that list.

To block traffic from complete domains (servers), you have to go to the administration menu (I think it's the item "Security"), and there is a blacklist and a whitelist for whom you server will (not) federate with.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:24:34 +0100

RockyIII

rocky3@im.allmendenetz.de

@Crow in timeline just click on the avatar of the contact you want to block and click "blocK"

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 17:10:28 +0100

Scott M. Stolz

scott@hubzilla.monster

How does it handle posts on another hub? For example, if someone posts on a public forum, or comments on a post on a public forum, what do these blocking options do?

I would assume superblock would hide any comments that the blocked channel makes (i.e. the user blocking them wouldn't see it). And an admin block would prevent these posts from being sent to users server-wide. The only leak I can see is if a blocked user created a new post on a public forum, since Hubzilla marks the forum as the sender, instead of marking the user as the sender. Is that how it works?

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:08:52 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@Altyr on Stream Ok, thanks for the explanation, but having enabled it for my account, I still don't see any way to configure it, even when I've got it pinned.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:10:35 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@Witcraft ooh, "with these keywords". The worst of the sites I want to block are sure to use some pretty vile keywords regularly.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:12:09 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@RockyIII well, they'd have to show in my timeline first I guess. I would like to be able to block someone who I run into on, say, @Hubzilla Support Forum since the admin there doesn't seem to block POS straight up stormfront fascists.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:12:54 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@RockyIII also...timeline? do you mean network stream?

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:14:51 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@Crow ah yes you mean network stream. I see the block option there... but my network stream is 95% stuff reshaped/linked from my Mastodon account. I would love an ability to preemptively block someone I run into on another instance.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 21:01:46 +0100

𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼

chris@im.allmendenetz.de

@Crow just load an post of the person you want to block in to your network stream by copying the URL of a post into the search mask.- than click on the avatar - block - and done

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 21:59:14 +0100

@Crow there is no matter which instance (type of engine) used by person you want to block by Superblock application. (sorry for my english)

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:02:19 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@Michael [Кошак] Skolsky My problem is that I can't find out where or how to configure superblock. I got it pinned, but when I click it all it says is "No channels currently blocked" and there's no configuration options I can find.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:03:46 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼 A shame the block option doesn't show on the avatar when they're in "new connections."

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:10:27 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

And yet another question about this: does each one of my channels need to block a person, or just the "main" channel?

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:28:49 +0100

Scott M. Stolz

scott@hubzilla.monster

It is my understanding that Superblock is for individual users, and Admin > Security is for site-wide bans. If you want to ban them for your entire hub, then Admin > Security is the better way to do it.

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:35:42 +0100

𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼

chris@im.allmendenetz.de

@Crow

𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼 wrote the following post Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:52:52 +0100

Für alle die #Hubzilla noch nicht so gut kennen:

Mit einem Klick auf ein Avatar in der Timeline lässt sich ein Account leicht zu seinen Kontakten hinzufügen.

Und

Mit einem Klick auf ein Avatar von einem schon gemachten Kontakt, lassen sich schnell die letzten Aktivitäten des Kontakts aufrufen.

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 15:00:20 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼 meine Deutsch sind nicht gut.

The problem is that drop down doesn’t show up all the places that it’s needed: in a connection request, on the @Hubzilla Support Forum forum right sidebar where connections are shown, several other places where objectionable faces show up.

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 15:01:19 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@Scott M. Stolz any idea where Superblock can be configured? I can’t find any controls. Just a “nothing blocked” status when I click on the icon.

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:23:30 +0100

𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼

chris@im.allmendenetz.de

@Crow

blocking a connection request

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:37:42 +0100

𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼

chris@im.allmendenetz.de

@Crow

if you get a reshared post you see this line first

"[name] wrote the following post xx days ago"

Copy the link behind "post" and search in HZ for this URL and HZ will open the original Post in the HZ user interface - click on the avatar and block

there is a nice Addon which can help you do submit the URL in to the HZ search mask.

https://github.com/fluks/redirect-link

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 17:39:37 +0100

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

@Crow There is no configuration for superblock other than to remove superblocks from people. To superblock someone, you click on their profile picture on a post and choose "block completely" from the menu.

In the message above, I now see the Block, Ignore, and Hide you were referring to in another thread. I hadn't thought about the connection request responses. In that context, I can guess the differences. If I am right, they all have to do with your connection status and possibly future connection requests. I don't think they have anything to do with whether you see this person "in the wild". That is what superblock is for. You and I don't are not connected, but we can have this conversation because we are both connected to @Hubzilla Support Forum. If I were to superblock you, I would not see your messages here. I would see people talking to you, but would not see your responses. On the other hand, if you were to send me a connection request, I don't think any of those responses would change how this conversation would look to me. If I am mistaken about this, someone please correct me.

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 20:40:01 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼 right, I know how to do it if I get a connection request. I know how to do it if they're in my timeline. I would like to be able to do it anywhere I see their name show up, for example when they're commenting on a thread in a forum that isn't mine.

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 20:41:27 +0100

Crow

crow@commonworlds.org

@Marshall Sutherland Ahhhh! thank you! I didn't realize that "block completely"=superblock.

Very handy. Now if only those options showed up anywhere that a profile shows up, like in friend suggestions.

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 20:48:35 +0100

𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼

chris@im.allmendenetz.de

@Crow Yea... just open the URL of a public post of that Channel in your HZ user interface and block the channel... it is easy

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 21:05:37 +0100

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Some explanation on the superblock page would go a long way to prevent confusion.