40 upvotes, 4 direct replies (showing 4)
View submission: Announcing Blocking Updates
Disappointed that this is being abused on political forums.
An abusive user can post inflammatory information, then block users that post critical comments. Over time, they have 'created their own safe space' that they can distribute their content *to outside users*, without experiencing any comments and critique on their own bad behavior.
The effect, in the short term, has been that users can take over and change the nature of subreddits, and close themselves off from opposing users. It creates increased fragmentation, and prevents trolls from being held accountable from other users.
This is especially bad when considering that the objective of political trolls is to control the appearance of a subreddit *to outside observers.* This forces moderators to act, when the system was controlling this problem on its own.
TL:DR; When you post, you should not have the right to protect your post from dissenters. You should have the right to not see a blocked user's comment on your post. *You should not have the right to prevent public users from posting on threads that you, yourself, made public.*
Comment by defishit at 22/01/2022 at 22:18 UTC
30 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Arrived here because it is already being abused on r/Canada to control political discussion.
Comment by JediJones77 at 22/01/2022 at 18:33 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Absolutely, and this could be abused in far worse ways. I can block you, and then post disparaging comments about you. It is absolutely ridiculous that you should be able to block your posts from being viewed by anybody. And I should be allowed to reply to someone's criticisms of me even if they block me. This policy can have disastrous consequences.
Comment by [deleted] at 22/01/2022 at 17:12 UTC
17 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by theth1rdchild at 22/01/2022 at 07:36 UTC
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You should not have the right to prevent public users from posting on threads that you, yourself, made public.
This is the bit that baffles me, how did no one notice this was at odds with how a forum should work? It's a forum, not your diary. Why the fuck did they think allowing everyone to be mini-moderators who can control what content *other users* see was a good idea?
I can even kind of see an argument for hiding a user's comments, but if you use Reddit to discuss or be informed of news, hiding posts entirely puts that in jeopardy.