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?

  • Korthrun@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I am fast and loose with blocking on all platforms. No regrets.

    It’s often not even personal. Sometimes someone expresses a mild dislike of cats and I’m like “don’t need your noise”.

    Repost a hilarious meme that I whole heatedly agree with, but with the word “fuck” poorly crossed out? “Algo-speak promoting motherfuckers”, roll of the dice on my mood, probably blocked.

    My Guild Wars 2 ignore list is full of people labeled “says boiz too much”, “annoying fashion”, “made bad joke about bees”.

    There are so many people on the Internet, it’s fine. I’ve taken this approach since MUDs were in fashion and I am pretty confident that it’s only served to improve my online experiences.