Blocking keeps my feed nice. See people being assholes? Block them. See a post discussing something I don’t want to hear about? Block them. See a community I don’t want to hear about? Block them. The greatest thing about social media is the ability to never have to interact with someone again at no detriment to them. Blocking is good.
I recently asked for block recommendations to see more content that I can engage with and I had a reply from someone saying that if I was that upset with the internet, I should stop using it.
You can guess what happened next!
I’m kinda weird about this - I will block some folks that I feel are toxic, but some folks I put tags on just to see where they pop up. Sometimes I’ve been too quick to judge people, and most times I definitely judged correctly. So I use tags to stage people for blocking, lol.
but some folks I put tags on just to see where they pop up.
So years ago on /buyitforlife, someone posted those super cheap work gloves that you’d legit got thru a pair before and after lunch. That’s why they never sold single pairs and you had to buy like a 10 pack.
Dude gets roasted in the comments, but I RES tagged him “ole softhands” and for years after I’d just randomly see the account somewhere and genuinely laugh out loud.
Ha yeah at one point I did this with shittymorph on Reddit because he kept fucking catching me off guard with his comments as well. I like giving people funny tags also.
I really like ole softhands, I may tag some folks with that in the future in your honor :)
This sounds like me. I’m struggling to not go block crazy right now since America is fascist And a lot of people are suddenly even bigger know it alls with shitty takes
What are you using for tagging?
I use Boost for Lemmy on Android
I wish Lemmy natively supported the tagging feature you mention but I’m otherwise pretty happy with the web interface. I generally keep app downloads to a minimum. Which app do you use, I hear people mention the tagging feature more and more lately.
I use Boost for Lemmy on Android
Why block them when you can just not argue with them?
Because they are wrong. And they need to be shown the error of their ways. You don’t get to 150wpm by being nice and casual on the internet, no sir.
And read those notifications?
I don’t know why people want to have the same arguments with the same people, over and over again knowing it’ll never be productive.
For them social media is just a pvp arguing arena.
I don’t have the energy for that, if someone just doesn’t get something after 3-5 replies I stop replying, if it keeps happening elsewhere or they act like a dick, I just block them.
Why waste your time on something that you know is only going to fail and likely cause yourself aggravation?
So you don’t have an echo chamber. But I’m pretty sure you blocked me.
Yeah, I know that I’m reasonably articulate.
If the audience isn’t picking up what I’m throwing down, I ain’t here for it.
This is a good way to end up with a feed of only people who agree with you. Sounds nice, right?
If I’d done this in my early years on the internet, I might still be a right-wing Christian. Years of not having any good arguments against the atheists I encountered on the internet made a difference.
Same with my political leanings.
Confronting ideas you don’t agree with is a part of life and silencing opposing opinions puts you in danger of getting stuck in ideas that might not make sense.
I block politics in general. If I want to discuss politics, I’ll do it with people in real life (or online with people I know in real life). I use social media mostly for entertainment and “why thing not work no more?” Kind of stuff.
I agree with your sentiment and I have definitely grown and my opinions have changed from the influence of people I have “met” online over the decades. However, none of the people who influenced me in positive ways were trolls, jerks, or snarky smart-asses. I really don’t think anything is lost if you block a lot of those type of people. I actually think something is gained. The amount of time and energy we are allotted to spend in this life are precious.
Default lemmy feed is almost entirely left-wing content. By blocking half of these people it’s still all left-wing content. As a Lemmy user I wouldn’t really proud myself for having a diversified feed even if I didn’t block anyone.
It’s a good tool and I encourage people to use it. Otherwise the asshole filter can start to take over. I’d honestly prefer someone to block me if I annoy them, rather than try to engage me in some snark-fest or pointless argument.
I also think it’s best just to block and move on if someone acts like a jerk. Don’t respond or tell them you are blocking them. Let them shout into the void.
One of the main things I look for is the person’s comment history. If they seldom post an original thought or comment and mostly reply just to be nasty and condescending towards other people, I will block them. They are basically using the people in forums as a bunch of paper targets to snipe at. Once you know to look for them, you can spot these type of commenters pretty quickly.
In highly controversial threads I will often spot new people to block that I did not even engage with.
I’ve only had two people say they would block me. In both cases it was me asking questions about their comment and them getting angry and not having or wanting to give an answer.
I only block when people get personal for no particular reason.
I had one person who felt malicious replying weird stuff onto a lot of my posts. Blocked. But the only blocking I’ve ever thought twice about. I wonder if he still does that.
Otherwise I too block everyone and everything I don’t like, just vibe wise. I don’t need to have a great reason
I wouldn’t call it my favorite, but I prefer browsing all by new, discovering endless interesting things, and blocking communities I don’t like, over being limited by a bubble of my subscriptions.
yes. I decided pretty much that if someone tries to pick a fight and just comes at me with insults right out the gate, I just block and move on. no need to drag it out with jerks who don’t show even the bare minimum human respect.
Doomers who just respond with negativity
Blocked
trolls who seek down votes
Blocked
Annoying people? Put on notice.
Annoying person on notice annoys me?
Blocked.
I just setup a bunch of keyword and domain filters that made my feed so much more peaceful. There are also a few terminally online/cringe users to block.
On reddit, it will eventually break the user experience. (page loading times / errors). Does this site handle the database differently?
I’m the same way. I don’t block people I disagree with but my tolerance for assholes is quite low. I block multiple people each day and have been doing so for over a year. When I see a thread about Elon or Trump for example I just go in and find all the most toxic commentors there and block them. Again, not because I disagree but because I don’t want to see incivil assholes in my feed. If I see someone write mean comments I assume that’s what they do and I want nothing to do with them. Currently my blocklist is around 600 users long.
Blocking is for the weak. Subscribe to the content you want to see and (mostly) only look at your subscriptions.
The only things I have blocked are porn communities/instances.
I partly agree. However seeing blocking as weak is just not cool. Blocking can help. I block some stuff too, but very rarely.
However seeing blocking as weak
That was the yoke.
“yoke”?
Joke but with a y
oh ok
WEAK
Walking’s okay but just for the reasons you choose anybody else having their own reasons, they’re weak.
What an ass hat
Thanks, I think I’m gonna print this off and frame it.
