I keep seeing communities which seem to consist of nothing but a bot that reposts stuff from Reddit.

What’s the point? Really? I ain’t posting a comment about a funny thing there. No one seems to post about the the second-hand funny thing here.

Can we please just sever ties with that shithole altogether?

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    In general, individuals blocking other users for [insert toxic misbehavior] is bad. The problem isn’t that one user in particular is seeing it; the problem is that it exists at all and erodes the quality of the whole network.

    Take trolling, for instance: if you just block the troll, all you’re doing is giving them carte-blanche to keep spreading misinformation/shit-talking you/whatever without you knowing about it. Everybody else can still see it, though, which means they could still be doing damage to your reputation and you’d just appear to acquiesce to it.

    People engaging in bad behavior need to be banned by the mods, not just blocked by individual users.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah & you could recommend Lemmy to friends who might ask you about all the nazis or whatever who became popular overnight without you seeing them.

      If your mental health can’t take it you get a free pass for sure :)