It seems like whenever I post something, there's automatically 2 upvotes instead of the regular 1, immediately after posting. If I remove my own, it still sits at +1 instead of 0. Where is this upvote coming from?

edit, even for this post, so not just comments

When browsing popular, I'd like to only see instances that speak my language because I can't read the posts that are made on that instance.

When I block the instance, it blocks the users too. So when a user from that instance replies to a comment, I get a notification with a link that doesn't lead anywhere.

Is there a way to filter the instance/posts without filtering out their users too?

Tried the search function but didn't see a post like this