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Blocking a user behaves more like mute. Proper blocking needed to prevent harassment. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The block feature should be renamed to “mute”, which is what it seems to actually be. Currently I can apply this to a user and they can still see all my posts. So it’s a good mute feature but a terrible block feature.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago (9 children)

The simple fact of the matter is, the Fediverse is public. It's a space specifically built on sharing. Finding your posts is trivial, and that's by design. Blocking another account from viewing your posts is an incredibly weak hurdle for someone to overcome, and it informs them that you have blocked them.

If anything, doing so risks the possibility of escalating or accelerating harassment.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (2 children)

All the more reason to rename the function from block to mute so that users don't get a false sense of security.

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