If I block a user, shouldn’t their votes not apply?
I’m guessing the answer is “it’s too hard to make that work” but I figured I’d ask.
If I block a user, shouldn’t their votes not apply?
I’m guessing the answer is “it’s too hard to make that work” but I figured I’d ask.
As I understand it, blocking someone means you don’t want to read what they say but doesn’t prevent them from interacting with you. It’s just that you won’t see it (easily). Instead of blocking it should be called ignoring. It’s a tool against annoyances, not against stalkers.
If it worked in a way they cannot interact with you, it could be abused, e.g. by mass-blocking a whatever-leaning instance users to prevent them from downvoting; or by blocking someone to prevent them from proving me wrong.
Ok…but it kind of seems like it SHOULD work that way. I feel like protecting users from stalkers is a high priority than any negative effects one might get from exploiting a political bias via upvotes/downvotes on a platform that downplays the importance of upvotes and downvotes.
I think stalking should merit direct involvement of the admins, because it’s more serious and also because needs more nuance than what a button has.