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Block is my favorite button (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by Unknown1234_5@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] donuts@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That is an interesting thought. I do see a potential risk in basing your block list on someone else's when they hold a position of power or influence, though.

If a popular person want to suppress engagement of a less popular person, they could add them to their block list, prompting their "block followers" to do the same. This could have a bad impact on Lemmy engagement if it was being (ab)used for such purposes.

I try to minimise the amount of individuals I block though. Most of them are bots and I would hate to miss a good post or comment by someone just because they made a bad one elsewhere. Your mileage may vary, of course.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 days ago

I mean you should be able to unsubscribe the same way as you unblock. Would not be bad to have an override to so you could go through and unblock some stuff. Like if someone signed up for my blocklist they would have a bunch of sports stuff blocked because I have no interest in it.