A couple of days ago i noticed something off with blahaj.zone. I couldn’t see images posted by users on blahaj, so i thought it was a problem on their side.

Well guess fucking what? After 3 days, it was STILL broken, so i opened it and…

Blocked. They fucking blocked blahaj.zone. Actually beyond parody🤦‍♂️ Why? What was the point? there’s trans content literally everywhere on lemmy. what’s next, block them all? So now if i want to see a post by a user on blahaj, i have to turn on my VPN (protonvpn.com is also blocked in saudi, jfc) just to see it. Fuck this place. 🙄

I swear a couple of days ago it worked. This is a mild annoyance (hence the community) but still.

It’s so over guys, MBS said no more 196 😔

  • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    9 hours ago

    Do I misunderstand how federation works, or should a block like that not do anything unless your home instance is hosted in that particular country? The instances communicate with each other, not directly with the users. It’s similar to viewing blocked content through a VPN.

    • fxomt@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      61·
      9 hours ago

      You understand it correctly. The problem is i can’t see anything other than the text of their posts/comments. Posts with images, i wouldn’t be able to see the image.

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago

        Ah, right. Media is still hosted on its instance. Didn’t consider that. Bummer :/

    • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

      Yes, but images and other files are hosted on the instance to which the community belongs, so any pictures embedded in posts will not be visible.