Slightly over 100 for me. Along with people I dislike, I also like to block people on a whim even those i never interact with, so my block list is all over the place.
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I block spammers and scammers… but when taking about real “I incredibly really dislike this person” kind of blocking, then that is 1.
He is like my shadow, completely opposite of how I would ever act with people. It drives me nuts every time I see a message from him since what he desires, I also desire, but he does it so so much worse in a way I would never do it.
We interacted once. Got kind of a negative-ish jokingly response, so I checked their history and… Yeah no.
There is also tons of other things I just clash with him on too, like some idealistic views…
In my eyes, he downgrades the community VASTLY with his hot takes, negativity and ignorance, but others disagree… so I block him
Zero. Even if I vehemently disagree with someone I am still willing to see what they said.
I think echo chambers and “bubbles” are incredibly dangerous.
And it’s pretty easy to crawl into a random chamber without even noticing it. In fediverse that’s a lot less of a concern, but on algorithmic driven platforms I’ve caught myself couple of times in a hole I didn’t notice I dug myself in.
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Loads of accounts, but a fuckton of them are just alts between two different dumbasses who seemingly have accounts on every single instance they could find.
On lemmy? None. I don’t want an echo chamber.
Edit: Actually, I have blocked a few repost bots, but that’s not people
About a dozen people.
Communities, on the other hand, is a far higher number. I don’t know the number but it’s all the anime, AI, and furry communities.
I haven’t blocked anyone yet. Haven’t had enough of a problem to warrant the effort.
I did add a tag to one guy out of curiosity and now im seeing him everywhere
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Uhhh, none…
None. Gotta have someone going against the crazies.
My list of people blocked? Teeny-tiny. My list of instances and communities? Well, now we’ve hit the jackpot.
I instantly blocked any .ml community. Fuck those tankies.
Hundreds. Comms, instances, users…
Reasons are everything from AI slop to US politics to folks posting pages upon pages of the same content. I also block comms and instances where I don’t speak the main language.
Why is no one asking why you also just block random people for no discernible reason? I don’t know how to check my block list, but I don’t think I have anyone blocked (but maybe there is one or two). I have a shitton of instances blocked because I don’t want to see porn in my feed though. I have no qualms with users of porn commuties or letting them do what they want, but that isn’t what I’m interested in or want to see.
It is OPs right to block for any reason what so ever but that line stuck out as some sort of mental issue lol
I’ve never blocked anyone.
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I avoid most controversial comment threads since I’m not here for drama. I do have a few people I put user tags on if I see them have consistent bad takes or if they treat other people poorly so I can avoid interacting with them. There hasn’t been any need for me to actually block anyone.
This isn’t directed at you personally, but these threads pop up from time to time, and for how few people are active commenters here, to have 100 blocks and the need to share that feels like something of a red flag to me. I don’t think I’ve blocked more than a dozen people in about 30 years of being online.
I’m already wasting my time on this site and other “social media”, I don’t need to waste more of it by seeing shitty commenters regularly. You tag them to avoid, I block them to avoid. We are doing very similar actions, but I don’t even see them and waste my time reading the tag that tells me they suck
Idk. You do you but curating my online experience is not a red flag, it’s healthy
I’m not going to tell you your methodology is wrong, you give a perfectly valid reason for doing what you do.
I don’t so much as avoid them, I will still often check what they are saying, but I look at what they’re saying to other people. If I know someone is trolly or has a pretty shitty bias, if I see them misrepresenting things, it offers me a way to maybe offer a contrary opinion to those they’re talking to, or I can see they may be the wrong person to talk to about ethical/moral things but may still be good for getting answers to technical questions from.
There’s people here I just won’t engage with at all just as in the real world, but just like in life there’s people I know to just avoid certain topics or opinions with but they’re still ok people or can be helpful in the right context.
Now, both online and in real life, if I encounter one of those people who swears everyone is always starting shit with them for no reason, often it becomes obvious that there is a reason why they have so many problems with other people, and usually they are the common denominator. Not always, but I’d say the majority of the time. And especially someone proud of telling strangers that they have a big list of people they don’t like or want to waste their time on, it makes me wonder why. That’s why it’s a red flag. You can tell me that’s who you are, and I don’t have to decide that second to avoid you, but I’m certainly going to feel you out a bit more than I would someone else that decides to give me a friendlier first impression. That’s me looking out for me, just as your methodology does for you.
I just see myself as someone who gives strangers the benefit of the doubt to start with, and that is yours to mess up. Some people don’t trust strangers and they have to earn that initial trust first. I don’t know you or your story so I won’t hold that against you, but I do feel that tells me something about you. You have to actively work on it for me to outright distrust you, but at the same time, don’t think of my trust and friendliness as naivete. I’m paying attention very closely, I’m just letting you show me who you are rather than forming my own assumptions.
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