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Block is my favorite button (self.general)

submitted 1 month ago by Unknown1234_5 to c/general

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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.

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[–] kmartburrito 31 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I'm kinda weird about this - I will block some folks that I feel are toxic, but some folks I put tags on just to see where they pop up. Sometimes I've been too quick to judge people, and most times I definitely judged correctly. So I use tags to stage people for blocking, lol.

[–] givesomefucks 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

but some folks I put tags on just to see where they pop up.

So years ago on /buyitforlife, someone posted those super cheap work gloves that you'd legit got thru a pair before and after lunch. That's why they never sold single pairs and you had to buy like a 10 pack.

Dude gets roasted in the comments, but I RES tagged him "ole softhands" and for years after I'd just randomly see the account somewhere and genuinely laugh out loud.

[–] kmartburrito 4 points 1 month ago

Ha yeah at one point I did this with shittymorph on Reddit because he kept fucking catching me off guard with his comments as well. I like giving people funny tags also.

I really like ole softhands, I may tag some folks with that in the future in your honor :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's whatever floats your boat at the end of the day. I've seen people with unique usernames being super chill in one community, and then appear in another spouting off like they're two steps away from annexing Poland in another. It's wild.

I do my absolute best not to block people or communities though. I worry that my account will just end up as an echo chamber for whatever I'm interested in, and I'll just end up disconnected from the Real World™️, as tempting as it sounds sometimes.

Sometimes seeing and hearing shit that wasn't top of your agenda keeps you grounded - but it's an entirely subjective view.

e: community clarity.

[–] kmartburrito 2 points 1 month ago

Agreed, I'm not out to create an echo chamber, but it's also not difficult sometimes to see a lost cause just there to troll or spread hate or division. Those get the block hammer. I don't mind disagreements if they are shared in good faith and are respectful. Those are few and far between, especially right now unfortunately.

I totally agree with you though.

[–] Asidonhopo 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wish Lemmy natively supported the tagging feature you mention but I'm otherwise pretty happy with the web interface. I generally keep app downloads to a minimum. Which app do you use, I hear people mention the tagging feature more and more lately.

[–] kmartburrito 2 points 1 month ago

I use Boost for Lemmy on Android

[–] TrickDacy 2 points 1 month ago

This sounds like me. I'm struggling to not go block crazy right now since America is fascist And a lot of people are suddenly even bigger know it alls with shitty takes

[–] capital 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What are you using for tagging?

[–] kmartburrito 1 points 1 month ago

I use Boost for Lemmy on Android