I'm just middle aged and lost all energy for unproductive discussions. The second another poster posts something genuinely hostile, like "touch grass" kinda shit, I'm just done talking. Also if we're six comments in and the other guy won't even admit to being wrong to the thing he said on comment one, despite me doing twenty minutes of research to prove conclusively that he's wrong, I don't want to waste another second of my life on him.

I gotta have 10% of the "disengage" comments on this site.

  • ButtBidet [he/him]
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    1 day ago

    It feels like Hexbear is warmer than other places on social media. But I have this habit of scrolling past long comment chains, so maybe I'm just missing it.

    Does blocking prevent the other person from seeing and replying to you? Or does it just stop you from seeing them? Thanks.

    • PointAndClique [they/them]
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      1 day ago

      Also do note, if you block a user, you will also be unable to view any replies to comments they make (but the 'xx more replies > ' link will still show and their comments will show up towards the post comment count. It's a glitch I believe but it's a weird artifact that kind of reminds you of the person you blocked, and can hide legitimate comments you would like to read. (I'm relaying this from what I've heard, I haven't blocked anyone)

      • RaisedFistJoker [she/her]
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        1 day ago

        it also comes up from when you click on a thread at it says 40 comments and you go on and there is no comments, because the only top level comments are from people you blocked ( i block after very little annonyance)

      • frauddogg [they/them, null/void]
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        1 day ago

        That's what your browser's incognito-adjacent mode is for, just in case someone I know is a total fuckhead is in a comment chain of someone I actually fw

      • ButtBidet [he/him]
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        1 day ago

        Thanks. I guess I'd like them to not be able to reply to me, but not seeing them is pretty good too.

        • Blockocheese [any]
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          1 day ago

          I dont think they can reply to you, I've blocked someone for being overly hostile in an argument and they couldn't reply to me

          • bumpusoot [any]
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            23 hours ago

            Blocked people have replied to me in the past. It definitely only half-stops you seeing their posts.

          • REgon [they/them]
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            1 day ago

            I've blocked a bunch of people and sometimes I see I have replies I can't see. I checked the comment chain while logged out and it was someone I'd blocked, so they can still reply sometimes at least