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All it appears to have done is turn Poal into a Twitter clone echo chamber.

It lets users prevent anyone who disagrees with them from commenting. Opposite of free speech.

https://poal.co/s/technology/313390/db9d0f55-a755-43b3-b94e-5f6fb14b2d52#cmnts

All it appears to have done is turn Poal into a Twitter clone echo chamber. It lets users prevent anyone who disagrees with them from commenting. Opposite of free speech. https://poal.co/s/technology/313390/db9d0f55-a755-43b3-b94e-5f6fb14b2d52#cmnts

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[–] • 2 pts

Freedom is choosing to speak as well as choosing not to listen.

[–] • 1 pt

Choosing not to listen is all well and good, but this "feature" also prevents someone from speaking at the same time.

In other words, I would have no complaint if it blocked the user from seeing my message but allowed my message to be posted for others to see.

Allowing users to selectively enforce who can respond to them at all is censorship. Period. Full stop.

[–] • 2 pts

They can still speak, I can choose not to listen, seems fair.

[–] • -2 pt

But they cannot speak.

Once you block them, they cannot reply to your comments or submissions.

If it just prevented YOU from seeing their response, but they could still respond and OTHERS could still see it, I would agree with you.

By disallowing anyone who disagrees with you from even posting at all, you block the ability for an idea to be defeated by a greater idea, and turn this place into an echo chamber.