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.

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
    81·
    2 days ago

    Whilst that does create a more pleasant atmosphere, it also creates echo chambers and I believe that’s not a good thing.

    I try to only block those who are explicitly being antagonistic, rather than just those whom I disagree with.

    It would be great if Lemmy had a way to tag a user, so you could tag a borderline account, then decide after several interactions if they warranted blocking.

    I also block several key words, rather than accounts.

    I actively search for, report then block spam.

  • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    Same goes for downvotes - giving something a downvote is the equivalent of giving everything else an upvote.

  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    2 days ago

    I wouldn’t call it my favorite, but I prefer browsing all by new, discovering endless interesting things, and blocking communities I don’t like, over being limited by a bubble of my subscriptions.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
    5·
    2 days ago

    I agree with it as non sarcasm. Yeah years ago there was the bubble but there is loads of crap now. You have to filter and its up to the individual to do it for good reasons and not just feelings.

  • IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago

    yes. I decided pretty much that if someone tries to pick a fight and just comes at me with insults right out the gate, I just block and move on. no need to drag it out with jerks who don’t show even the bare minimum human respect.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    31·
    2 days ago

    If I didn’t use the platform to also read the news and just talked about games or looked at memes, I might do the same. But I’m not going to block instances of “Trump” or “Vance” or “Musk” because knowing what those fuckwads are doing is kind of important.

    Blocking assholes being assholes is one thing; blocking someone who isn’t being an asshole but simply disagrees with you is another.

    Put it in the frame of real life. Are you going to totally cut off a family member or friend just because they said 1 minor thing you don’t agree with?

  • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    1 day ago

    I’m the same way. I don’t block people I disagree with but my tolerance for assholes is quite low. I block multiple people each day and have been doing so for over a year. When I see a thread about Elon or Trump for example I just go in and find all the most toxic commentors there and block them. Again, not because I disagree but because I don’t want to see incivil assholes in my feed. If I see someone write mean comments I assume that’s what they do and I want nothing to do with them. Currently my blocklist is around 600 users long.

  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
    3·
    2 days ago

    Boost has a filter so if a post has a keyword, it just doesn’t exist. I can just say no, I don’t care to hear about Trump for a month or so, thanks. And not have to leave the politics sub.

  • satans_methpipe@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    I just setup a bunch of keyword and domain filters that made my feed so much more peaceful. There are also a few terminally online/cringe users to block.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    2·
    2 days ago

    Definitely agree. Instead of getting in arguments with people, blocking is so much easier and less stressful.

  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    23·
    2 days ago

    Blocking is for the weak. Subscribe to the content you want to see and (mostly) only look at your subscriptions.

    The only things I have blocked are porn communities/instances.