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.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
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    13 days ago

    When I block someone, I want to be a ghost to them.

    Depends how one defines ‘blocking’, maybe?

    I mean, when I block someone (which I do from time to time) it’s because I don’t want to see whatever they can say or post. I don’t care the slightest that they can read what I write, nor do I care what they can say about it either. I just don’t want to be bothered by them. They could say the worst thing they want about me, that’s fine provided their noise does not reach me ;)

    I think moderation logs to be open is a bad idea

    To me it relates to the idea that users, all of us, are supposed to be responsible and reasonable persons. The kind that is able to face unpleasant facts, words, and people too. Very much unlike users in most closed source/walled-garden social media that are treated like little children that need to be protected from everything, even their own shadow.

    Alas, if the idea is great the reality is a little less so and not all of us are able to deal with… our own emotions when facing unpleasant things. Still, no matter how not perfect it is, I think it’s worth promoting that approach. Even if it has a (real) cost.