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What's wrong with the block feature now compared to 4 or 5 years ago? What did they change about it? Still feels the same to me.
Comment by reaper527 at 18/04/2024 at 13:25 UTC
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What's wrong with the block feature now compared to 4 or 5 years ago? What did they change about it? Still feels the same to me.
before the block system was simple. "you block someone, you don't see their posts".
now, the block system stops you from seeing their posts, stops them from seeing your posts (they see [deleted][unavailable]) and stops them from replying to people that DIDN'T block them. for example if i were to block you, you couldn't reply to wisdom_and_frivolity's comment. you'd see it, but the reply button would be missing (and if you had a copy of the page up that you hadn't refreshed so the button was still there, it would error out on submission.
additionally, if i blocked you then submitted an article in a sub, you couldn't see the article even existed, never mind reply to any comments by people that didn't block you.
people abuse this feature to harass people (which reddit pretends to be serious about but really doesn't give a shit). they'll profile stalk someone, leave a bunch of harassing comments, then block them so they can't see the comments were ever made. there's also the simple reality that when it gets abused (as is extremely common) it allows individual users to effectively override moderators and pseudo-ban users who have done nothing wrong.