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I still don't understand how the changes you made to blocking are improvements. From my point of view, it's completely backward.
If a person "blocks" me, they can still see my content, but I can't see theirs (I can actually on old reddit, but not on their profile). Also if a person "blocks" me, I can't reply to any children or sub-children of any of their comments.
What this means is that anyone can make a controversial post and immediately block anyone who posts a dissenting opinion. This will **completely** stop the blocked person from participating in the conversation, while the block*er* is still free to reply to the existing comments and control the narrative. And all the while they'll still see all the things that they supposedly "blocked".
You didn't fix blocking, you turned it into a bad mute function. I don't understand what your goal is with these changes, or what problem you're trying to solve. You know that anyone can open someone else's profile in incognito and see everything, right? These changes don't seem to solve anything at all.
Comment by roostersnuffed at 02/06/2022 at 20:17 UTC
2 upvotes, 2 direct replies
If a person "blocks" me, they can still see my content, but I can't see theirs
Based on the current system or the soon update? (sorry getting a little crossed in the comment to keep up).
Ive only had issues enough to block 1 person, but the second I did his comments and profile was completely gone for me.
Comment by kriketjunkie at 02/06/2022 at 21:01 UTC
-9 upvotes, 5 direct replies
I appreciate your point of view and the detailed feedback here. u/SmurfRockRune had similar experiences, so I’ll share what I said to them. Since the updates, we’ve gotten feedback on how some people are abusing blocking and have made some changes. There are new restrictions that prevent people from being able to manipulate the site by blocking at scale. And there’s also a limit so people can’t unblock someone and then block them again within a short time frame. We’re keeping a close eye on potential abuse, so this feedback is really helpful.