I know people are free to do whatever makes them comfortable here, but blocking someone who disagrees with you in an entirely civil discussion (that is no one was abusive) is childish and silly.
A lot of times I value different opinions and I worry people think any discourse is a personal attack?
I love the timed mute feature of mastodon much more, it allows me to leave discussions for a day or two and see what interesting things people have to say when things move on
@gnuplusmatt i’ll bite…. Have you ever muted or blocked someone you strongly disagreed with and b/c you did not foresee the debate/discussion moving civilly forward with their crazy opinions?
Btw… #dogs are better than #cats, #fish might be better than #birds
Blocking someone instead of listening to their argument, in my opinion, is ignorance. Some people might prefer dogs and that’s fine, just like you may prefer fish over birds.
I personally prefer birds over fish since they’re more intelligent and you can pet it and they understand you’re petting it. Cats require a lot more work to gain their trust.
@viral_dev @paulywill yes I have muted because I can see it will go around in circles or the person is steadfast, for like a day or two. There are people I've muted and then interacted with on other discussions and topics. If I had blocked them I'd have missed future discussion, to my own detriment.
Blocking IMHO is for people who either abuse or discuss things that are absolutely repugnant.
Dogs yes, cats meh - unless they are Siamese
Agreed. I struggle with following or engaging with those that are vocal with their beliefs or strong political views that are different from mine b/c there’s immediate guilty by associating mentally with assumptions.
Perhaps muting a few days IS the middle ground… but there does have to moral SOP ground rules. Three mute strikes, they’re blocked?
I do agree birds are magnificent, but I heard troublesome as noisy pets, bed sheet mute
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