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Is Blocking Users Problematic to the Platform? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by mipadaitu@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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There was an issue on Reddit a while back where people would post some hateful stuff, and of course lots of people blocked them.

After a while, anti-trans, racist, and far-right-wing stuff were only seen by non-logged in users, other bigots, or new people, and they weren't getting the downvotes they deserved.

Is this going to be a problem on Lemmy too? I'm worried that if we're all blocking shitty users that we're just hiding the problem from ourselves, not fixing it.

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[–] JimmyDean@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Imo blocked users get less engagement, therefore it helps to some degree. ~~Also, unlike reddit, it's somewhat difficult to browse the Fediverse without being logged in.~~ I'd guess that if any problematic content does slip through, it reaches a much smaller audience than if it were to slip through on reddit just because of how things are decentralized here.

edit: I tried it again and I now agree that it is easier to browse with an account. I saw a lot more content than the first time I tried it ~2 months ago

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Also, unlike reddit, it's somewhat difficult to browse the Fediverse without being logged in

I strongly disagree with that part

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hope you're right. Just seeing a sharp increase in hate speech on here, and I'm worried it's going to be tricky to manage.

[–] JimmyDean@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Your concerns are valid. That's something to be expected as the platform grows, but it's alarming nonetheless.