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I'm not sure I agree. However, even if it's true, I'm not sure it's such a bad thing. If you're saying something in public and I'm not even allowed to hear it, let alone respond to it, because you blocked me, you have an effective tool to shut down any dissent. This is what I saw on reddit all the time, there were posters who would block anyone who disagreed with them and so the comments sections on their posts would become very skewed.
And just the other day, I said that David Duke endorsing Jill Stein doesn't mean Jill Stein approves of David Duke or anything he stands for. Someone accused me of defending David Duke, and when I pointed out that his was fantasy, they blocked me. So I see people blocking for bullshit reasons all the time.
Lemmy is much the same, even less restrictive because you don't even have to log in to see anything. It's better this way.
How about you stay on X and we both win?
Not interested in the format even when it was still Twitter.
But "go away" is a good counter and you've got me convinced. You're truly adding to the high level discourse here.
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