I’ve been pondering why there seems to be an abundance of options for instances to customize user experiences, while users themselves have limited control over their own preferences. Features like instance blocking and enabling/disabling downvotes can make it challenging to find an instance that aligns perfectly with your preferences. Personally, I already filter out instances based on latency requirements, leaving me with very few options. The introduction of the new URL blocking feature has me concerned that finding an instance I completely like will be impossible. Why aren’t there more user-centric customization features available on Lemmy to address this issue?
As usual when a comment like yours exists, the feature already exists. In this case, its available only to instance admins.
A better suggestion would be to setup one’s own instance, but that’s not dismissive enough, it seems.
Sorry but “why haven’t the devs given me [thing I want]?” is a very presumptuous way to phrase a question.
They could have asked “Will the admin features [X, Y, Z] become available to users?” with the explanation of why they’d want it.
While I personally think that Lemmy has a problem with users feeling entitled, I don’t think this is an example of that. OP is simply asking for more granular control over their account. What you’re not considering is that English may not be their first language or they’re just not very Google with social queues. We can all benefit from being more tolerant.