You may disagree fervently with Pres. Biden's Israel policies, and that's fine. But if you come into my feed calling him "Genocide Joe" or any variation on that theme, you're blocked.
I've already had to block a few accounts for this.
Pres. Biden is not "for genocide." I will not argue with you on this topic, nor do I discuss the Israel/Hamas war here.
But I will not tolerate accusations of "genocide" by Pres. Biden. He's not "pro genocide."
If that's a prob, it's on you.
2/ So now I'm getting accounts intentionally coming into my feed to bait me into blocking them for the above reason.
And I have!
What's their point? I mean other than idiocy, provocation, and trolling. 🤣
That sounds like MAGAts that trawl for lib accounts to taunt and then getting blocked is somehow....something to preen about? The troll "won"? Won what? Good job, no one cares? People are weird.
@birdpoof @GottaLaff given how ridiculously easy it is to banish them from your sight and they will never see your posts again, I think this "harassment" plan doesn't work, at all. They basically just get to talk to the void and the 12 people who they mutually follow who didn't block them.
On me, is trying to block them without needing to say something snide as the last word. Better to say nothing at all. Practice for me being a better person.
Oh shoot, that reminds me of a comment somewhere (maybe for one of Laffy's other threads) where someone said people who do this are also shoving their views/heckling at the account followers--since the account blocking them won't affect what the followers see. This is probably why trolls show up primarily for the big accounts.
@birdpoof @GottaLaff the beautiful thing is, when GottaLaff blocks a person, they will never see any of GottaLaff's posts ever again. So they won't be leaving comments for GottaLaff and will find it difficult to find those threads, unless they are stalking somebody else individually who comments on those threads.
That, in my opinion, is why it helps us all when we individually block freely. Anybody who starts in with me, or anyone I follow, with an insult or dismissal is worth a block.
@Urban_Hermit @birdpoof @GottaLaff
You have given me something to think about here. I am a "muter." Life is to short to take time reading someone call me (or anyone else really) names, etc. I usually mute because (and maybe my thinking is wrong here) I thought when you mute someone, the don't know. I always think, "I don't want to give them the satisfaction of knowing I blocked them."
But perhaps blocking, not muting is the way to go.
I also follow/unfollow with abandon. I will follow just about anyone who turns up on my timeline, but if I remember a couple of posts that make me cringe or just whatever, I hit that unfollow button.
@MylesRyden @birdpoof @GottaLaff from fedi.tips "People who are muted will not know they are muted, and they will still be able to follow you, see your posts and interact. Blocking does everything a mute does PLUS also prevents them from following you and hides your posts from them".
So, muting is like putting on a blindfold, but the neighbor still pisses in your garden (they're still in your threads, you just don't know it). Blocking is like they lose your address and can't see your house.
@Urban_Hermit @MylesRyden @GottaLaff @birdpoof I figure muting is for subjective stuff, like for someone who toots a lot about topics I’m not interested in.
Blocking is for objective stuff, like for someone who keeps tooting about how Trump’s policy proposals yield a lot of food for thought.
@Gorfram I’m actually more inclined to mute someone I’ve never followed, but who is boosted ad nauseum by someone I do follow. @Urban_Hermit @MylesRyden @GottaLaff @birdpoof
@birdpoof @AlliFlowers @Urban_Hermit @MylesRyden @GottaLaff Yes. If it’s someone I follow, I can usually solve the problem by unfollowing them.
The usual problem is that people I follow tend to be interested in both stuff that interest me & in stuff that bores me to tears. So sometimes they’ll boost boring stuff into my TL, & muting the “worst offenders” is a solution to that.