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headie_sage@fanaticus.social Joined: 2023-06-07

We understand that some users in the fediverse don't want to see sports content and are frustrated with Fanaticus's game bots' daily posts.

Currently, lemmy doesn't support blocking entire instance's at a user level. Because of that limitation, I am providing a list of the current communities on Fanaticus that have active game bots and a little python script so users can block those communities.

Here's a list of the communities that currently have a game bots running:

!tampabayrays@fanaticus.social !orioles@fanaticus.social !nyyankees@fanaticus.social !torontobluejays@fanaticus.social !redsox@fanaticus.social !minnesotatwins@fanaticus.social !clevelandguardians@fanaticus.social !whitesox@fanaticus.social !motorcitykitties@fanaticus.social !kcroyals@fanaticus.social !texasrangers@fanaticus.social !astros@fanaticus.social !angelsbaseball@fanaticus.social !mariners@fanaticus.social !oaklandathletics@fanaticus.social !braves@fanaticus.social !miamimarlins@fanaticus.social !phillies@fanaticus.social !newyorkmets@fanaticus.social !nationals@fanaticus.social !buccos@fanaticus.social !brewers@fanaticus.social !reds@fanaticus.social !chicubs@fanaticus.social !cardinals@fanaticus.social !azdiamondbacks@fanaticus.social !sfgiants@fanaticus.social !dodgers@fanaticus.social !padres@fanaticus.social !coloradorockies@fanaticus.social

If you're comfortable with coding, there's an API endpoint to block a community. I threw together a little python script that would block all the above (I think 🙂).

from plemmy import LemmyHttp

# must include protocol e.g. https://lemmy.world
pl = LemmyHttp("INSTANCE_NAME_HERE")

username = "USERNAME_HERE"
password = "PASSWORD_HERE"
pl.login(username, password)

fanaticus_communities = [
    "tampabayrays@fanaticus.social",
    "orioles@fanaticus.social",
    "nyyankees@fanaticus.social",
    "torontobluejays@fanaticus.social",
    "redsox@fanaticus.social",
    "minnesotatwins@fanaticus.social",
    "clevelandguardians@fanaticus.social",
    "whitesox@fanaticus.social",
    "motorcitykitties@fanaticus.social",
    "kcroyals@fanaticus.social",
    "texasrangers@fanaticus.social",
    "astros@fanaticus.social",
    "angelsbaseball@fanaticus.social",
    "mariners@fanaticus.social",
    "oaklandathletics@fanaticus.social",
    "braves@fanaticus.social",
    "miamimarlins@fanaticus.social",
    "phillies@fanaticus.social",
    "newyorkmets@fanaticus.social",
    "nationals@fanaticus.social",
    "buccos@fanaticus.social",
    "brewers@fanaticus.social",
    "reds@fanaticus.social",
    "chicubs@fanaticus.social",
    "cardinals@fanaticus.social",
    "azdiamondbacks@fanaticus.social",
    "sfgiants@fanaticus.social",
    "dodgers@fanaticus.social",
    "padres@fanaticus.social",
    "coloradorockies@fanaticus.social",
]

for comm in fanaticus_communities:
    print("Getting community: ", comm)
    commRes = pl.get_community(name=comm).json()
    if commRes and commRes['community_view']:
        commId = commRes['community_view']['community']['id']
        print("Blocking community: ", comm, " communityId: ", commId)
        pl.block_community(True, commId)
        print("Successfully blocked community: ", comm)
    else:
        print("Failed to find community: ", comm)

In the future, we are planning on adding the game bots for the other major sports as well (they’re not in season now) so I will update this script as those bots come online.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)