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Hear me out, this is going to sound petty, but it isn't

A user I don't know blocked me.

I found this out because the user made a post, a user that I have never interacted with before, and I thought, eh, I'll make a witty retort like I always do.

It was really funny, too, and in no way offensive to the user, again, someone who I have never interacted with.

I can't comment. Fair.

But if they post something that I can't comment on, and I have never interacted with that user, I view that as spam, which I do downvote.

I don't downvote often, you can see on my account that I have only done it 8 or so times, and one of those was a joke.

I understand being banned by a sub, and not being able to post there, but I feel like being blocked by a user, I should just be made invisible to them, but still be able to comment on their post.

Or be able to downvote them for making posts that don't contribute to the conversation. Because I can't contribute.

TLDR; I think blocking should be more akin to a mute rather than ban on replying to any posts

Hear me out, this is going to sound petty, but it isn't A user I don't know blocked me. I found this out because the user made a post, a user that I have never interacted with before, and I thought, eh, I'll make a witty retort like I always do. It was really funny, too, and in no way offensive to the user, again, someone who I have never interacted with. I can't comment. Fair. But if they post something that I can't comment on, and I have never interacted with that user, I view that as spam, which I do downvote. I don't downvote often, you can see on my account that I have only done it 8 or so times, and one of those was a joke. I understand being banned by a sub, and not being able to post there, but I feel like being blocked by a user, I should just be made invisible to them, but still be able to comment on their post. Or be able to downvote them for making posts that don't contribute to the conversation. Because I can't contribute. TLDR; I think blocking should be more akin to a mute rather than ban on replying to any posts

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[–] • 1 pt

Insults and lies and whatever else they did need not be looked at, if the block button was just a simple mute.

My concern is other people could see that and believe the lies or rumors about a user.

And if I can't contribute to the conversation, I do consider it spam.

People have blocked me and most still have very insightful, funny, or otherwise decent things to say. It's hard to believe your blockers aren't the same. That is petty of you.

[–] • 0 pt

People have blocked me and most still have very insightful, funny, or otherwise decent things to say.

People have blocked you, so you can still see what they say. That's awesome. I know I would like to listen to everything that everyone has to say.

It's hard to believe your blockers aren't the same. That is petty of you.

This, I do not understand. What do you mean?

[–] • 1 pt

This, I do not understand. What do you mean?

You shouldn't write off your blocker's posts as spam simply because you cannot comment on their posts.

[–] • 0 pt

Anyone I can't respond to is real life spam.