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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*

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.

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