I rarely block anyone. Mute, sure, but rarely block. I think the only person I have blocked online is someone I know personally and who is seriously mentally ill. I happen to be a trigger when he's spiraling so for both our sakes I've blocked him and it will stay that way for the foreseeable future.
Qualified answer. Sometimes I block people to prevent arguments from devolving into quagmires, and then go back into my block log and unblock them. Mainly because I don't trust myself not to become obsessed with people I disagree with on petty or pedantic things. Apparently I have a lot of opinionated friends 🤷🏼.
If you count spambots, though my answer drops down tremendously.
A poll about blocking behaviour would be interesting, because there are people like you and then those who block an entiere instance if you just respond to a post (https://linuxmom.net/@vkc calls it "reply guy").
@pkal @dneary your attention is your absolute prerogative. You don't owe anyone access to your account. You can block the sun, the moon, and the stars and you don't have to give any explanation to anyone. If someone's behavior bugs you, you are the sole arbiter of whether you want to block or not.
In principle I'd like to agree, but from my own experience I cannot but feel like the aggressive blocking approach some people here have is somewhat rude and isolationist. In the end, there is more than one way of not paying attention to someone else, like just ignoring a comment, and not assuming bad faith.
i very rarely block, if i blocked them, they deserved it, in rarer cases where the discussions is simply heated and i can't trust myself to cool down, i'll temporarily mute (and usually tell them), but it's also quite rare.
I'm not sure how that might come about, to be honest.
I block someone because because they were being offensive. To unblock them, I would need to see a change in their behavior, but if they're blocked, I wouldn't be able to see it, since I'm no longer seeing their posts.
I chose 1-10% When I used to use other microblogging platforms, I would sometimes use Block Together and their large block lists. These had some problems but mostly worked for me. Occasionally someone would reach out saying they'd been overblocked because of one of those lists and would I consider unblocking them. Most of the time I did.
I think the only time I've 'unblocked' someone was from the effect of migrating accounts. Usually the same people just end up blocked again. I don't think I've intentionally unblocked anyone. I do unmute people though.
Usually, if I have doubts, I use the "mute" and usually with a fixed time window -- so they will pop back up without me doing anything.
I wish there were some longer timed mutes -- "3 months" would be handy right now, for instance. 😅
I block very rarely, and when I do, it's usually because of some kind of abuse, so I view that as a burned bridge. I don't want to interact with that person again.
Are the Muting and Blocking actions part of the ActivityPub spec? Or are those actions implemented separately (and possibly differently) for every platform that supports ActivityPub?
I’ll sometimes leave a note on someone’s profile who’s posted questionable content. Two or 3 strikes mean I block, meanwhile I may mute them for a while
Im 11 to 33. I block a lot of people. I find that if my interactions with a person are not going well, and I don't think I'm going to be my best self, I'll block them. I very rarely mute, since I don't want people interacting with my posts that I can't see; especially in an annoying way! I go back through my block list every month or six weeks and unblock people who are acquaintances. My rule of thumb is that if I can't remember why I blocked them, it's probably OK to unblock.
Frazell Thomas
in reply to Evan Prodromou • • •One and done. If they earn a block there is no reason to reverse course on that decision for me.
There will be no appeals and no sympathy given.
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in reply to Evan Prodromou • • •Qualified answer. Sometimes I block people to prevent arguments from devolving into quagmires, and then go back into my block log and unblock them. Mainly because I don't trust myself not to become obsessed with people I disagree with on petty or pedantic things. Apparently I have a lot of opinionated friends 🤷🏼.
If you count spambots, though my answer drops down tremendously.
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in reply to Evan Prodromou • • •I'm not sure how that might come about, to be honest.
I block someone because because they were being offensive. To unblock them, I would need to see a change in their behavior, but if they're blocked, I wouldn't be able to see it, since I'm no longer seeing their posts.
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Jessamyn
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in reply to Evan Prodromou • • •Usually, if I have doubts, I use the "mute" and usually with a fixed time window -- so they will pop back up without me doing anything.
I wish there were some longer timed mutes -- "3 months" would be handy right now, for instance. 😅
I block very rarely, and when I do, it's usually because of some kind of abuse, so I view that as a burned bridge. I don't want to interact with that person again.
Bob Jonkman
in reply to Evan Prodromou • • •For me, Muting is temporary, Blocking is forever.
Are the Muting and Blocking actions part of the ActivityPub spec? Or are those actions implemented separately (and possibly differently) for every platform that supports ActivityPub?
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