I disagree, mostly for reasons I've expressed before (blocking prevents trolls from harrassing your other followers) ... but also bc I don't actually think it's true that being blocked gives people satisfaction. I think they "brag" about it to vent, but really they're frustrated.https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/1018944985415249924 …
Blocking gives people clear feedback that they were obnoxious. Muting doesn't. Therefore blocking is more ethical, from a behaviorist training perspective, and from a radical honesty perspective.
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Although if they *want* to be obnoxious, the feedback is also helping them do that better...
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As my friend Rob said during the Afghan War: "They love dying, we love killing. This isn't war, it's speed dating!"
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I don't mute as a punishment, but whenever I feel that the expected mutual reward of future interactions does not warrant expending attention. Blocking needlessly consumes attention on the other side.
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Blocking is unethical from a free speech perspective because it deprives people of a means by which they can update their worldview to be more aligned to reality.
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Blocking gives clear feedback to the blocked person that the person doing the blocking *thought* the person blocked was being obnoxious or is incredibly frustrated. I say that because the person being blocked might not have actually been obnoxious. e.g.https://twitter.com/CHSommers/status/1021230530870890500 …
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