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I've recently turned into a blocker. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Those categories do exist but I'd say there's a third important one which tries to achieve the first without sacrificing the second: blocking people for their attitude rather than their opinions.

Maybe for you this still comes under the first category

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Yeah, I put it in the first, though I totally see how it should be a category of its own

    Blocking trolls and other people acting in bad faith is, in my opinion, a baseline requirement for maintaining civil discussions.

    Though by doing so you can already cut some demographic prone to certain views.

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