I think the additional measures taken for blocking users have subsequently created a circular problem leading to proliferation of an echo chamber.
The additional measure is increasing the blocking slots from 10 to 50. You'd have to expect some kind of increase after a large influx of new users.
Nobody seems to care, which suggests it's working as intended
Hon, you sound like you don't want a block feature at all. I personally haven't blocked anyone, but I get why well-meaning people would. You could argue to reduce the numbers a user's allowed to block, wanting nobody to be able to block anyone isn't reasonable.
Trying to discuss this seriously is met with the usual behavior, suspiciously reminiscent of Voat's SBBH crowd
It could be that people are very touchy about the issue since people can and do have genuine reasons to block. They hear what you say as " the idiots who harass you should continue to" even though you don't mean that at all.
anticlutch & conspirologist
The former is a grump that likes freedom of association more than free speech. I'm unsure about the latter though I hear he's controversial.
Hon, you sound like you don't want a block feature at all.
Not true.
If you block me, you should be prevented from seeing my responses.
Preventing me from responding to you AT ALL, prevents me from defeating your ideas with better ideas (or vice versa), and does not allow me to object if you were to post something wrong and allow other users to decide for yourself.
I'm extremely confident you see the difference.
I have no problem with the block feature blocking you from seeing my posts. I have every problem with the block feature also blocking me from responding to you at all - that is a step too far and only creates an echo chamber with censorship.
I have every problem with the block feature also blocking me from responding to you at all - that is a step too far and only creates an echo chamber with censorship.
Ah. You mean blocking responses can suppress disagreement. I recall someone else, or maybe it was you, had made this point before. I get it, but it still would open up for people to write nasty things about a user that cannot see their comments. I don't believe people block users mostly to stop disagreement. If that were the case, your suggestion would work much better.
The users I am referring to have a history of blocking people MOSTLY to stop disagreement.
They hear what you say as " the idiots who harass you should continue to" even though you don't mean that at all.
Then they are idiots, also.
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