this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2024
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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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[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Situation 1: Person A annoys person B. Person B "mutes" person A. Person A rants at Person B, gets no reply, and moves on.

Situation 2: Person A annoys person B. Person B "blocks" person A. Person A notices Person B has blocked them, logs on to an alt account, and annoys them from there.

One of these methods defuses harassment, the other has a far higher risk of escalating it.

I'm curious about what makes people think the second method would work better.

Agreed. If anything, if someone gets muted enough times, lemmy should generate a report to the mods and admins for review. That way serial bullys can be blocked from a community or instance, which is far more effective.