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Blocking a user behaves more like mute. Proper blocking needed to prevent harassment. (self.lemmy)
submitted 10 months ago by FarraigePlaisteach to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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The block feature should be renamed to “mute”, which is what it seems to actually be. Currently I can apply this to a user and they can still see all my posts. So it’s a good mute feature but a terrible block feature.

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[–] punkisundead 5 points 10 months ago

On other platforms like Twitter and Mastodon the block functionality is pretty helpful. Using block lists improves the experience of those that get most often targeted tremendously.