Me: Oh no! This person I don't know and never interacted with blocks me!
: So?
Me: It's upsetting! Why would they do that?!
: You didn't know they existed 10 seconds ago.
Me: But I do now and they mistakenly think they shouldn't hear from me!
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Me:
: Look a squirrel!
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Being able to block people is good, actually. You shouldn't only pay attention to what the people being blocked had to say about it. You should pay attention to what the people who did the blocking thought.
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And, no, muting people for random periods of time doesn't provide "forgiveness". Thinking that it *does* suggests that you fundamentally misunderstand what being forgiven *is*. I don't *forgive* someone because I lack the capability to avoid them anymore.
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It's like incarceration vs habilitation. Blocking doesn't address the feedback loops that bring about certain undesired behaviours or attitudes. It also is often instrumentalized as a symbol or a socially / morally loaded signal. Then again, there are often no alternatives.
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I think blocking should be understood as an instrument, and we should understand the plurality of ways it is so: communicative, social, experiential/homeostatic. Is one exerting power over others? Claiming autonomy over how the platform affects me? Signalling who is morally bad?
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good thread on blocking (diff effect than muting) and other aspects of network design ...https://twitter.com/mikamckinnon/status/1154413782208094210?s=20 …
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