Why is blocking so common nowadays?
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There may be an age or generational explanation for this, but I especially notice this behavior on Reddit while not nearly as much here on Lemmy (though maybe that's also a mater of implementation).
It seems many are so quick to assert overly-confident positions, but then hit-and-run with some smarmy remark at even the slightest challenge, then quickly block. Like, not even crazy stuff. Just basic, civil disagreements. I can pretty well predict when it will happen, and it always feels like such a petty ego-sparing fingers-in-ears denial thing to do, and to me if anything shows they were not very confident in their views being challenged.
I think I've only blocked a handful of people over a decade who were actively spamming, stalking, or spewing extremely hateful rhetoric and I just reported them simultaneously. You have to cross a pretty extreme and irrational line for me to do that.
The reason I ask is to see if I'm missing something; to better understand the mindset of those who do.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah, you are missing context. I can tell right away when someone is arguing from bad faith or spewing propaganda. I don't report, I just block.
You don't want to get blocked, I get it. You think it is some failing in people but it is just you who is failing to understand other people's decisions.
You are thinking about this from your very naive point of view. You are being very disingenuous painting everyone who blocks as someone who is not interested in conversation especially with people who don't agree with them.
While I am sure this happens there is another side to this which is just people blocking obvious trolls for their mental health. I am never going to convince an incel to stop hating women. There is no point in talking to them.
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There may be an age or generational explanation for this, but I especially notice this behavior on Reddit while not nearly as much here on Lemmy (though maybe that's also a mater of implementation).
It seems many are so quick to assert overly-confident positions, but then hit-and-run with some smarmy remark at even the slightest challenge, then quickly block. Like, not even crazy stuff. Just basic, civil disagreements. I can pretty well predict when it will happen, and it always feels like such a petty ego-sparing fingers-in-ears denial thing to do, and to me if anything shows they were not very confident in their views being challenged.
I think I've only blocked a handful of people over a decade who were actively spamming, stalking, or spewing extremely hateful rhetoric and I just reported them simultaneously. You have to cross a pretty extreme and irrational line for me to do that.
The reason I ask is to see if I'm missing something; to better understand the mindset of those who do.
Personally, I block people who espouse things I believe are genuinely spiteful, hateful, or shitty. Generally, I use the block button to "curate" my experience with the intention that I can use Lemmy as brief escapism when I'm in the bathroom or on the train without having my mood affected by somebody posting something shitty.
I don't block anyone for normal disagreements, because I'm a relatively normal adult and as such that sort of thing doesn't bother me.
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Yeah, you are missing context. I can tell right away when someone is arguing from bad faith or spewing propaganda. I don't report, I just block.
You don't want to get blocked, I get it. You think it is some failing in people but it is just you who is failing to understand other people's decisions.
You are thinking about this from your very naive point of view. You are being very disingenuous painting everyone who blocks as someone who is not interested in conversation especially with people who don't agree with them.
While I am sure this happens there is another side to this which is just people blocking obvious trolls for their mental health. I am never going to convince an incel to stop hating women. There is no point in talking to them.
incel to stop hating women.
i have been on fedi for a hot minute and i have never seen these mythical incels. you got a link to check out?
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It's how society is degenerating. Respect for each other is gone. The bullets have started to fly.
The bullets have started to fly.
bullets have been flying US is the most violent "first" world country by far.
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I use Voyager and it supports tagging.
I see, thanks!
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You see this is what I am talking about. This is either bad faith or someone so clueless they are not even worth talking to.
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hmm, blocked! /j
Blocked you AND OP! /j
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Someone disagreeing with you isn't a troll.
They didn't say it was.
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You see this is what I am talking about. This is either bad faith or someone so clueless they are not even worth talking to.
wrote last edited by [email protected]you made a claim about incels on lemmy. i have seen others make these claims.
lemmy is has a rather unique community, so either i am not federating with them or ...
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I block the moment I realize someone is a troll, or worse. No exception.
Like already mentioned, life is way too short to waste one more second of it with those people desire to be as harmful as they can be or with their constant need for attention and validation.
Edit: typos
I think there's far fewer genuine trolls than people claim. Someone being an asshole because they had a bad day? Not a troll. Someone deliberately pretending to be something they're not in order to rile up people for fun? Troll.
Most of the time, you're blocking your brethren on their worst days. Which is your right, but don't pretend that just cuz your brother is warty that they're a troll.
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I use it to curate my lemmy experiance. 99% of the users/communities I block aren't for anything personal, they're just clogging up my ALL feed with things I dont care about (for example, sports ball or foreign language comms).
SPORTS BALL!!!!!!!!!!!
