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Lemmy needs a feature that enables the blocking of every user up-/downvoting a certain comment/thread. (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/unpopularopinion

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Every day, I see absolutely moronic comments getting upvoted while perfectly reasonable takes are downvoted. This would be a great opportunity to curate your feed by blocking these users en masse. Active curation like this is the only way to make social media even half-tolerable.

Whether you use it to filter out toxic users or to build an echo chamber, I think everyone should be free to do so. No one should be forced to share space with people they feel bring no value to the discussion - or, worse, make it more toxic.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

...because if you stop listening to other opinions you end up in a divided society that has no way of healing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

What about Lemmy instances defederating others? We not hearing from people on Twitter, Threads, Facebook, Truth Social and Gap either, and what about the block feature in itself? If what I'm asking is 'issue for society,' then are these not?

I don't think anyone is in the position to dictate what everyone's social media feeds should consist of. If someone wants to make them a perfect information bubble, devoid of different opinions, then let them. That's of no harm to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Nobody is saying to you that blocking shouldn't be available. They are saying to you that blocking large numbers of people to create a bubble is harmful to you and the wider community.

Hence blocking people who agree with a certain post is going too far. The action is too heavy handed for the "crime". It would be a harmful feature. It's"shooting people in the head for laughing at an edgy joke" levels of heavy handedness.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

My blocklist is already over 500 users long. I don't block people for disagreeing with me. The bubble I'm building for myself is a bubble free from unreasonable assholes.

However, you didn't really answer my question. Blocking an entire instance is already a feature. That's way more 'heavy handed' than what I'm suggesting.