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?
I’d say there could be two styles:
Both have their merits, with the first improving your grip on real state of affairs, and the other stimulating you to be productive and positive, and being on the Internet as a place to enjoy life.
Personally, I go with the first, since I’m very concerned about how societal attitudes shift in the world. Granted, Lemmy itself is a bit of an echo chamber, but this is not the only place I hang around.
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
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.