Micah @rincewind.run · 10/02/2024since blocking discourse is going around yet again: the way that other people choose to curate their social media feed is neither your business nor your problem 502602548
Tybalt in black jeans @thekennedykab.bsky.social · 11/02/2024Freedom of speech means anyone can say what they want. It doesn't mean I have to put up with their bullshit. 0100
Jon @jonkatora.bsky.social · 11/02/2024I agree with most of this thread, but isn't anyone concerned with groupthink or living in echo chambers? If Bluesky evolves into this, doesn't that become a problem for people looking to find diverse opinions? 1150
UpChuckle @upchuckle.bsky.social · 11/02/2024i clearly have not been here around enough to hear about blocking discourse. like, i don't understand what the problem with blocking is 240
silly peppers 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦🏴☠️ @zjeleton.bsky.social · 11/02/2024Please Discover feed stop showing me twenty somethings that keep Helpfully Reminding me to Just Block And Starve The Bad People, I know how to fucking curate my feed I'm 32 and am allowed to fight with or not fight with who i feel like 130
Izzy Lobo @izzylobo.bsky.social · 10/02/2024At the end of the day, every person gets to - ***has to*** curate their own existence and consumption/participation in it - if only because nobody can be everywhere and do everything. How we choose to make those decisions is none of your business at all, you imaginary reader, so buzz off. ;-) 090
Tom Bombadildo @dildo-baggins.bsky.social · 11/02/2024If I don’t have unfettered access to everyone the how can I bully the vulnerable? So much for the tolerant left 010
Katie (she/they) @imagine0enigami.bsky.social · 10/02/2024How is it that people just CANNOT be normal about this? I block, I’ve been blocked, I mute, I am sure I’ve been muted. It’s fine! And I mean don’t get me wrong if I fucked up and got blocked by an account I really like following, I’d be bummed, but then I would just like, MOVE ON. 🤷🏻♀️ 71551
TeeJay Ach @pragmaticleftist.bsky.social · 11/02/2024It’s usually because they’re the type who routinely get blocked and they think it’s unjustified because they “didn’t do anything wrong”. 0110
RichD @deadair.bsky.social · 11/02/2024I’m a bit more nuanced on this. I think public figures, government ones perhaps and journalists should be able to mute but perhaps not block, or at least the block should expire. It’s certainly the absolute right to not have to listen to abuse. 100
Keith Wilkinson @sandstoneacres.bsky.social · 11/02/2024Common sense solutions for these complex times. Simple and effective. 020
New Amauta @newamauta.bsky.social · 11/02/2024As an Indigenous person, when we see accounts that not only actively minimize us, but attack us for speaking out about our oppression like my posts on Indigenous history, we know who and how to bΙоck 091
Melissa Taylor @melissamctastic.bsky.social · 11/02/2024As @katrinaravioli.bsky.social always says, social media is opt in. 031
Avaro-kun @avaro.bsky.social · 11/02/2024I'm not sure what's funnier...the fact that people are still trying to dictate how others curate their social media feeds or the fact that they think they can control the internet like it's their personal playground. 010
Infinite Perspective @infiniteview.bsky.social · 11/02/2024There are over a million people on this site and the idea that every single one of them *must* be able to see what I say or let me see what they say is a kind of egotism and entitlement I just can't understand. 091
Local Lesbian Pokemon Master @chattylesbian.bsky.social · 11/02/2024Anyone telling you that you shouldn't block judiciously is someone who should probably GET blocked. 030
Devilpants @devilpants.bsky.social · 11/02/2024I don't trust people who throw a fit when they get blocked. I once blocked someone and their friends demanded -- not asked, but DEMANDED -- that I unblock them. Naturally, I blocked their friends too, because I just knew they were going to continue to be weirdos at me. 170
Jessica @afunkyfennec.bsky.social · 11/02/2024I block, nothing strange in that Iwill be blocked. Just move on. 110
Morticia91 @morticia91.bsky.social · 11/02/2024I like to tell people that the Constitution guarantees them the right to speak their mind, but it doesn't guarantee them an audience. 190
Kurt Ivy @kurtivy.bsky.social · 11/02/2024The corniest thing in the world is demanding other people’s time and attention. As if you’re entitled to it or deserve it in some way. 070
Shade Aurion @shadeaurion.bsky.social · 11/02/2024Blocking just means that someone finds you insufferable, does not want to converse or connect with you in any way and can not find a reasonable middle ground to meet you at. Only Twitter chuds would think getting blocked is a W 😅 1140
Devcyn @devcyn.bsky.social · 11/02/2024I've blocked people more than I've been blocked. Mainly because I get a sense they're insufferable based on how they reply to me so I already know they're going to be a nightmare to reason with. Also for mental health reasons, I'd rather just not let some nobody ruin my day. Thanks. Merci. 010
G! @gpike.bsky.social · 11/02/2024Years ago on Twitter, I was blocked by someone in my field (queer indie comics), probably by mistake/blocklist-that-blocks-all-followers-of-an-account, and I confess that at the time I had an insecurity spiral for a week, but nowadays I just... Probably wouldn't even notice. XD 060
Kathleen Cottontail 🏳️⚧️♿️🖖🏻🐰 @kathleengmaz.bsky.social · 10/02/2024I've already blocked a few people today that are curating Nazis here. Suggesting blocking such people is not a bad thing. 1210
ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 11/02/2024The funny thing about there being a blocking *discourse* is that it is a self-correcting problem 0180
Writer With Cats and Comics @writerwithcats.bsky.social · 11/02/2024Unless they talk about you 😏 Then it's a problem. 010
Van Philip @pandas.are.sexy · 11/02/2024Bruh I've had one unwitting interaction with a cryptobro on here in the early days and wound up on a list when the block list feature became available. It's ridiculous. 010
Tony Wong @thevballdude.bsky.social · 11/02/2024It's the way blocking breaks threads for other people (personally I'm 50/50 on it, but some people love it). At least Bluesky could stop pushing these broken threads onto people's feeds. 130
🕷️ｔｕｒｂｏ ｆａｌｃｏｎ 🩸 @turbofalcon.bsky.social · 11/02/2024can't remember where i read it, but "stop trying to be liked by everybody. you don't even like everybody." has been one of the healthiest things i've ever internalised. 010
Nakamura-san @defaultuserhandle.bsky.social · 11/02/2024I just block everyone to be sure. It's the only safe means of using social media. 000
Scaredy Cat @braverytewalker.bsky.social · 11/02/2024And no one has to put up with people's shitty attitude because said people don't understand how to talk with others with basic respect. 010
Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 11/02/2024if you don't like how somebody handles blocking, just push a button and you never have to see them again! 0120
Big Dracula Energy @mayawest.online · 11/02/2024I am always so grateful when i see one of the disk horse posts like this and i was working all day and touching grass. 060
