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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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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Been doing this with a warning system. I tag shitty people and block them if I see a person who is tagged acting shitty.

2 years in, no regrets.

I do wish Lemmy would fix the blocking system though. If someone who I've blocked responds to me, I don't see it. Fair enough, but I also don't see what people who respond to that say. I feel like it should just show the username as [blocked] and the content as [hidden] with an option for me to show that content/username, while keeping the rest of the child content fully visible.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    How should Lemmy handle it if they quote a portion or even the entire message in a child comment? If someone's goal is to not have to worry about shit someone says, and then they are still shown what that person says, does that not defeat the purpose of blocking?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Show it.

    Take for example the case where person A has blocked person B.

    Person C comments. Person B responds.

    New thread, same post, person C comments about how some people think like person B, and quote them.

    As is the current case, person A can see this quoted material. It's just text. It's not in any programmatic way tied to the person B account.

    We don't need to change this just because it's a child comment of person B.

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