Sure they can, they can ban the user from the entire instance or from the community. To all users of sh.itjust.works for example the content will still appear, but it won't show on beehaw anymore.
Here's the PR that implemented this: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1298
It seems to me like they don't want to give up any control by adding mods (currently it's only the admins) and choose the easy way out by reducing the amount they have to moderate...
I added a mark as read button to the posts but now patiently waiting till the WebSockets -> REST API transition is complete so it can get merged.
The front end needs a lot of work… Every bit is appreciated and the maintainers are pretty fast at reviewing and providing feedback which is nice to see.
I looked into this on GitHub and this will be fixed when the switch away from WebSockets will be completed (soon^tm^)
It seems this is the „find out“ part of his plan.
While I agree, lemmy seems to generate a short description of the linked URL by itself which is already very useful.
Yeah that’s probably not gonna happen, they have communicated that they won’t give up without a fight.
Full damage control mode
Same here, Google has slowly become unusable for certain topics if you don't append "reddit" to your search.
And I especially appreciate that you chose the "harder" native app approach instead of going the simpler route of creating yet another webapp wrapper.
Wtf just do your calls in the stairway awkwardly smiling at passing coworkers like the rest of us