I think when it comes to blocking people, I can see some improvement there. I’m all about the idea of not adding fuel to the fire in the form of pointless online arguments and conflicts.

I see so many online platforms just fucking fail at the ways they try approaching that issue. Most places would let you block a user but they can still see everything that the blocked user has said. Like that opens the doors to exploiting and archiving. It is one thing if you’re logged out and can see things site-wide than it is still being logged in and seeing what was said.

When I block someone, I want to be a ghost to them. I want them to not see anything I’ve said and I wouldn’t want to see anything they’ve said either. I don’t want to block them and find out they engage me on an alt just with things to continue the bullshit with.

I think the Fediverse has corrected that aspect that, when you log off, you can’t see shit. So it prevents that. Though that’s practiced from the instance I’m on for all I know.

However, when logged in and still blocking people, they can still see what was said by those who blocked them.

Furthermore and this is a bit of a controversial part, is that, I think moderation logs to be open is a bad idea. Again, it is to me, just one more thing to add to the fuel of a fire that isn’t being let to wind down. Because people often jab and joust at others with shit like “LOOK WHUT U DID IN THUH MODERATION LOG!” and that just does nothing but escalate.

I think with some of these kinds of corrections, would promote the idea of a healthier ecosystem for the community.

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    “So what you’re saying…” is such a tired meme, and the irony just piles on when you follow it up by strawmanning their argument.

    Wanting to block someone else from seeing what you’re writing on a public forum is straight-up petty. Blocking as it works right now already does exactly what it’s supposed to: it stops the other user from engaging with you further. They can still interact with your posts, but you won’t know about it.

    If blocking worked the way you described, it wouldn’t just affect you and the other person - it’d screw over everyone else on the platform too. For example, someone spewing utter bullshit could block everyone fact-checking them, and suddenly those corrections vanish for the whole audience.

    Plus, it’d be ridiculously easy to circumvent. Making a new account takes a few minutes, or just log out and boom - you’re unblocked again.