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.
I told you one doesn't believe in free speech (or at least cares more for freedom of association) and the other has some kind of controversial past. I think you'll need more than 2 users for your change to be implemented. You'd have to know more people block more to stifle disagreement than to block pests.
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