Another option is Read You. Good design in general.

I went on a long search for the ideal reader, but ended up settling on using Mastodon as the feed reader instead.

If you work in a team environment, I recommend these two books: The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project.

Not strictly about programming, but focuses on software projects and devops. The fast-paced novels will make your drive go much faster.

My personal opinion prefer to keep certain special interests communities less exposed to general public, ie fight club rule 1.

Is blocking a community the right approach? I think so, from the perspective of a general populous instance.