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HUNK

"but if you block people, that's living in a bubble"

No honey, I don't "live" on the fedi. It is a place I visit.

This is not my only source of information. Getting all your info from social media is arguably worse that blocking people.

There's nothing wrong having a bubble of people who don't waste my time. Sometimes we call that "friends" or even "community" IRL.

And in the USA we have "freedom of association" which means each of us gets to decide for ourselves, what humans deserve our time and attention. You don't actually owe anyone your attention. Not even if you've said something they disagree with!

25 June at 22:04 | Open on beige.party
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Clarissa šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆšŸ±šŸš²

@HunkThunderzone Agree with your larger point, but thatā€™s not what ā€œfreedom of associationā€ means. It means the government canā€™t interfere with citizens getting together with others (for a common cause it might disagree with, say).
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedo

26 June at 2:25 | Open on mefi.social
mav :happy_blob:

@HunkThunderzone
It doesn't follow in any case. I choose not to associate with awful people IRL too.

26 June at 2:39 | Open on hackers.town
Mei Lin :v_ace: :v_gqueer: :xenia_blahaj: :tux: :arch:

@HunkThunderzone
It really means 'That means that you might block me for horrible opinions I have and then you aren't forced to see them'.

26 June at 3:33 | Open on tech.lgbt
Jen Zarzycka

@HunkThunderzone another way I like to phrase "freedom of association" to people is, "I choose who I invite into my home."

If someone comes over and makes a problem of themselves, I kick them out. It's the same thing on fedi/social media.

26 June at 3:43 | Open on tech.lgbt
Dak (D. A. Keldsen)

@HunkThunderzone and frankly, some people are so rude that itā€™s pretty obvious interaction is pointless.

26 June at 4:02 | Open on zeroes.ca
Mx. Luna Corbden

@HunkThunderzone Itā€™s time to bring back the *rest* of the First Amendment, Freedom of Association!

26 June at 6:25 | Open on defcon.social
Martin Rundkvist

@HunkThunderzone I've been a major fan of blocking functionality since 1980s BBSs. At that time, my question was "Why should I have to deal with this guy just because he owns a modem?"

26 June at 6:28 | Open on archaeo.social
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