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[–] dhhyfddehhfyy4673@fedia.io 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the block function will block that account from engaging with, but not block seeing, a public post

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Could be worse. I never liked the idea of blocking "hiding" your content from other people to begin with. It makes it too easy to give trolls the confirmation they succeeded in getting under your skin, encouraging them to make another account to continue harassing their victim.