Does blocking make any sense unless the Hate RT is an unacknowledged mega-weapon?
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Replying to @Outsideness
No it's lame. I just mute people if I think they get too annoying. I've only blocked maybe 2 or 3 accounts total, but they were just busybody accounts which were doxing people and posting personal info
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Replying to @brandonadamson @Outsideness
I blocked a couple. One was this psychiatrist which him adding me out of the blue with nothing in common came off as odd. Don't want to be a case study for some jerk without permission or whatever... or maybe I was reading into it too much
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Replying to @JimJimjeru @brandonadamson
There are (very rare) occasions in which blocking makes sense. Defense against stalkers, mostly. But the notion that it's preferable to muting in most cases is just weird.
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Replying to @Outsideness @brandonadamson
Muting is a good option and essentially or existentially a right... but I wonder if it lends to a kind of passive aggressive vanity still.. Do we still need to get that dopamine fix of knowing they are following us? Or is it petty to string them along unawares?
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Replying to @JimJimjeru @Outsideness
Blocking just seems so melodramatic. Sometimes I may like someone but just get tired about them harping on a certain subject or having it continually show up on my feed. I don't necessarily want to "cut all ties" with anyone I find annoying.
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Exactly. Blocking typically says: "I'm feeling really hysterical about this!"
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