Every day, I see absolutely moronic comments getting upvoted while perfectly reasonable takes are downvoted. This would be a great opportunity to curate your feed by blocking these users en masse. Active curation like this is the only way to make social media even half-tolerable.

Whether you use it to filter out toxic users or to build an echo chamber, I think everyone should be free to do so. No one should be forced to share space with people they feel bring no value to the discussion - or, worse, make it more toxic.

  • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    2 months ago

    At least you postet this in the right community.

    I assume you aren’t trolling, so here is what will happen when implemented: After about two weeks you will have blocked everyone who isn’t you, your alt accounts or a bot.

    “Creating an echo chamber” is said a lot when people talk about blocking, banning and defederating. Sometimes it is justified, sometimes it’s utter bullshit. What you suggest, blocking people because you don’t like how they vote, is beyond bonkers. And I say this as someone who at times can be quite trigger happy with the block feature.

    PS: “Everyone but me is a moron” is the mark of the moron.

    • Mellow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      “Everyone but me is a moron” is the mark of the moron.

      I’ve heard it phrased: “If you’re surrounded by assholes. Maybe you’re the asshole.”

    • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      24·
      2 months ago

      After about two weeks you will have blocked everyone who isn’t you, your alt accounts or a bot.

      Why is this an issue for you?

          • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
            0·
            2 months ago

            …because if you stop listening to other opinions you end up in a divided society that has no way of healing.

            • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeOPEnglish
              0·
              2 months ago

              What about Lemmy instances defederating others? We not hearing from people on Twitter, Threads, Facebook, Truth Social and Gap either, and what about the block feature in itself? If what I’m asking is ‘issue for society,’ then are these not?

              I don’t think anyone is in the position to dictate what everyone’s social media feeds should consist of. If someone wants to make them a perfect information bubble, devoid of different opinions, then let them. That’s of no harm to me.

              • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
                0·
                2 months ago

                Nobody is saying to you that blocking shouldn’t be available. They are saying to you that blocking large numbers of people to create a bubble is harmful to you and the wider community.

                Hence blocking people who agree with a certain post is going too far. The action is too heavy handed for the “crime”. It would be a harmful feature. It’s"shooting people in the head for laughing at an edgy joke" levels of heavy handedness.

                • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeOPEnglish
                  02·
                  2 months ago

                  My blocklist is already over 500 users long. I don’t block people for disagreeing with me. The bubble I’m building for myself is a bubble free from unreasonable assholes.

                  However, you didn’t really answer my question. Blocking an entire instance is already a feature. That’s way more ‘heavy handed’ than what I’m suggesting.