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I've recently turned into a blocker. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I always felt like it was wrong to block an account unless it was smth absolutely insane. Nazis etc.

But now I'm blocking people who's tone I dont like, or who are baiting or actingnin bad faith.

I know I can't do it as a mod. But i can certainly do it as an individual now. Judgy comment? Blocked. Unnecessarily confrontational? Blocked.

This is new to me, literally 3 days. Wonder how this affects my feed. Only disappointing thing is they can still see and respond to my posts, just that I can't see it. I wish they couldn't see anything I posted either.

What are your blocking habits? If you do block a lot of people, has that affected your experience?

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I have blocked people on reddit who have stalked me.

You're saying that they should be able to continue to do so?

[–] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Blocking and them not seeing what you write is not an adequate defense to that anyway. If someone wants to stalk you, they can just not log in at all. You're posting in a public place that everyone can see. Because of that, blocking only makes sense in one direction.

Of course you shouldn't be stalked, but the proposed way to combat that is just useless.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

No, he's pointing out the severe issues with the system at scale. If someone is stalking you on Reddit, that sounds more like a "this user should be banned" issue.