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stux⚡

The tag #FediBlock is a SUGGESTION not a RULE!

Check it out for yourself and decide but stop forcing other people to follow your crap

10 Feb 2023 at 20:48 | Open on mstdn.social
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stux⚡

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rant done :blobcatgiggle:
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10 Feb 2023 at 20:48 | Open on mstdn.social
Alex has moved to @alex@xim.ca

@stux *virtual hugs the ranter* 🐱

Feel better? :)

10 Feb 2023 at 20:52 | Open on tech.lgbt
Ferri-kun

@stux@mstdn.social I'd also like to add that it can hurt your users because it cuts off their own ability to moderate and follow who they feel comfortable with. There are other options outside of blocking.

10 Feb 2023 at 20:54 | Open on the9thcircle.club
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Dr. Quadragon ❌

@ZySoua @stux Yes, same.

Although was not subscribed till now, but still - big fan of your work.

10 Feb 2023 at 21:25 | Open on mastodon.ml
Daniel Fisher

@stux I'm blocking you because you don't block instances that block instances that don't block other instances!

10 Feb 2023 at 20:58 | Open on social.electrafish.tech
stux⚡

@electrafish Oh my god :blobcatgiggle:

is that... is that 'blockception'? :ed_grin:

10 Feb 2023 at 20:59 | Open on mstdn.social
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@electrafish
I will block anybody who posts the soup nazi, because that's like a real Nazi

"all cops are bad, even the tone police"
11 Feb 2023 at 2:19 | Open on mstdn.social
Mark C

@stux Thank you for having sane policies. That’s why I like it here.

10 Feb 2023 at 20:59 | Open on mstdn.social
Robworks

@stux Yeah, I think it’s definitely a symptom of Purity Spirals. It can definitely happen and people need to look critically at their own ‘tribe’ for evidence of Purity Spiral formation

10 Feb 2023 at 23:31 | Open on phpc.social
🇩🇪 くら Woomy (:smug_kura:)

@stux@mstdn.social i deny and replace it with my own: i got zero blocks, though im blocked for eg being edgelord. lol

10 Feb 2023 at 20:51 | Open on z0ne.social
Justin

@stux 100% this. I don't even follow it. I block accounts or instances once they have broken a rule, not before based on some random half way across the world.

10 Feb 2023 at 22:37 | Open on social.opendesktop.org
Dr. Quadragon ❌

@stux I honestly am disillusioned with this whole FediBlock thing.

Its intended purpose is protecting the network from known abusers, which is the sentiment I can get behind. But at best it works as a short-term solution, and being overused and the hashtag being thrown around for every tiny slight turns into either a network-breaking menace or a useless farce. Arguing for it further only solidifies the madness and groupthink and perpetuates the farce.

Once you've seen enough, you realize that this can't be viewed as a comprehensive solution, no matter how you cut it.

@stux I honestly am disillusioned with this whole FediBlock thing.

Its intended purpose is protecting the network from known abusers, which is the sentiment I can get behind. But at best it works as a short-term solution, and being overused and the hashtag being thrown around for every tiny slight turns into either a network-breaking menace or a useless farce. Arguing for it further only solidifies the madness and groupthink and perpetuates the farce.

10 Feb 2023 at 23:15 | Open on mastodon.ml
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@drq @stux there's a lot of instances that are worth blocking, that have been around for a long time. I wouldn't want them to be able to interact with me by default. And I think a lot of people would agree with that as a baseline.

And I don't want to be on, and would not encourage people to be on, an instance that allowed anyone to interact with you.

But blocking an instance solely because you wouldn't want to be there, that doesn't make sense to me.

tl;dr Stux mods good and I support

11 Feb 2023 at 0:25 | Open on mstdn.social
꧁𝕮𝖊𝖆꧂:blobcatdj:

@drq @stux

Yep.
Like "this person said something I disagree with, you better block em or we can nolonger be #friends "

dafuq ?
Blocking should be the *last* resort.
Not the first :Alcea_Not_Amused_for_real:

11 Feb 2023 at 7:49 | Open on pb.todon.de
swansinflight :excuseme:

@stux oh man I can not agree with this more!

We manually check every block we do, and had another instance mod say they'd block us because our admin follows an account on an instance they dont like. We worked out it was the extremely wholesome skeletor bot, and told them politely to bugger off.

Thank you for saying this.

11 Feb 2023 at 6:11 | Open on mastodon.nz
꧁𝕮𝖊𝖆꧂:blobcatdj:

@stux

Yes.
Shame ppl are prone to bandwagoning...

11 Feb 2023 at 7:46 | Open on pb.todon.de
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