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Not defending xitter, but that’s exactly how it works on lemmy, isn’t it? If I block someone I don’t see them anymore but they can still see and reply to me.
When I’ve brought this up with the devs, they have shot it down immediately. Basically, their attitude is that posts are public by default. So hiding them from a blocked user doesn’t really do anything.
Of course, that’s nonsense. Mastodon does it. It has an incredible chilling effect on harassment.
Oh, I was just making an observation, I’m definitely with you on this, a proper block would be much better,.
How can you feel harassed if you don’t see what a user is replying to you? Unless you pay a lot of attention to usernames…
Imagine finding out one day that someone you’ve blocked for harassment has been following you around and making nasty comments on every single post you made for months, or even leaking personal information. You just didn’t know it.
It happens, and even on Lemmy you will have people who will do this (doxing will get a ban but other behaviors may slide under the radar, especiallyif the target doesn’t see and report it).
I mean… Oh no, someone is being mean “behind my back”?
As for the personal info stuff… Why would they know personal stuff about you in the first place? Don’t let people you know know your username on these kinds of websites and don’t share personal info you don’t want people to know about without a throwaway account?
Yep. Dumb AF here, too.
Discord is the worst I’ve seen. I finally found a separate plug in to make posts disappear, which is how it should be. I guess I get keeping posts fully public, but it would be nice if discord prevented the replies or tags to maybe discourage the blocked user from interacting, too. They at least prevent the emoji reactions.
Just delete your account already and move on. Nothing of value is produced there anymore.
If you’re still using that service you’re part of the problem.
I think this should be default behavior. Countless times, blocking is used to silence disagreement rather than actual harassment. It’s used offensively as well: By blocking your political opponents, they can’t tell your followers that they’re in an echo chamber
