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   Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 02:35:50 JST Ben Ramsey

   When I've blocked a domain on Mastodon, like bird.makeup, why do accounts from that domain still show up in searches? That's the reason I blocked it. I don't want my searches to show those accounts.

   #MastoAdmin

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     Cadu Silva :verifiedcat: (cadusilva@bolha.one)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 02:35:48 JST Cadu Silva :verifiedcat:

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     @ramsey this may be due some cache still hanging around your instance.

     You can purge the domain via tootctl or via:

     :chick_riding_broom: https://phpc.social/admin/instances/bird.makeup

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     Shanie MyrsTear (shanie@mastodon.tails.ch)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 06:15:56 JST Shanie MyrsTear

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     @ramsey Blocking a domain and an admin suspending a domain are two different things (though for a user I do believe they *should* be the same).

     When blocking a domain, for some reason it's not historical, so even a blocked domain can still interact with your older posts for...some unknown reason. Because of that, they still show these accounts in searches.

     Might want to generate an issue on Mastodon's github about this? Interesting discussion.

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     BeAware (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 06:15:56 JST BeAware

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     • Shanie MyrsTear

     @shanie @ramsey he's an admin, but for users, it's functionally just a mute.🤷♂️

     I've seen a user say "fuck kolektiva, just blocked the entire domain!"

     And in the replies were kolektiva users asking why they could see and reply to the post.

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     BeAware (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 07:26:20 JST BeAware

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     • Shanie MyrsTear

     @ramsey @shanie oh...cause it's functionally just a mute and the search function doesn't "communicate" for lack of a better word, with your block/mute list.🤷♂️

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     Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 07:26:21 JST Ben Ramsey

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     • Shanie MyrsTear
     • BeAware

     @BeAware @shanie I'm asking from the viewpoint of a user, though. If I, as a user, block a domain, why do accounts from that domain show up in searches?

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     BeAware (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 07:39:25 JST BeAware

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     • Shanie MyrsTear

     @ramsey @shanie as far as I'm aware, yes, though it might not remove them from search until you clear their data or purge the domain from your instance.

     I'm not exactly sure on how exactly to get them removed. I just know that if I search an account on my instance that I've defederated from, it doesn't show up.

     Some trial and error with defederating and deleting their data might be required.

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     Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 07:39:26 JST Ben Ramsey

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     • Shanie MyrsTear
     • BeAware

     @BeAware @shanie I understand. So, in order to avoid seeing all these junk accounts (Twitter cross-posters) in search results, I'd need to suspend the domains at the instance level?

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     BeAware (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 07:47:34 JST BeAware

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     • Shanie MyrsTear

     @ramsey @shanie

     right.🤷♂️ its unfortunate that there's no other way that I know of.😔

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     Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 07:47:35 JST Ben Ramsey

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     • Shanie MyrsTear
     • BeAware

     @BeAware @shanie I don't want to defederate from them for all users on the server, just because they annoy me personally. 😅

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     BeAware (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 10:50:32 JST BeAware

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     • Shanie MyrsTear

     @ramsey @shanie great! glad to hear it worked for those, at least! 😁

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     Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 10:50:34 JST Ben Ramsey

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     • Shanie MyrsTear
     • BeAware

     @BeAware @shanie So, I went through and defederated from all the birdsite crossposters except for bird.makeup. That appears to be the only one that works reliably anyway, and we have over 800 users who follow folks there. My searches look much cleaner. 😁