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What Reddit features do you not want kbin to have? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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in what ways do you think kbin should strive to be different from Reddit?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

So the biggest irritation to me is, blocking.

Ostensibly, blocking is meant to halt harassment. On Reddit if somebody has you blocked, you’re barred from participating downthread of them. Harassment shouldn’t be tolerated.

But.

A lot of individuals who want to control narratives and spread misinformation use blocking people as a way to silence people that maybe correct the narrative. With sources.

Or to silence opposing viewpoints, especially when the individual in question is making an argument that doesn’t bear scrutiny.

Also it’s kind of stupid that Reddit prevents you from seeing what they say, but not the other way ‘round- considering I could always pull it into a private tab and view it logged out.

It’s reasonable to prevent a blocked individual from directly replying or interacting, but it’s not reasonable to halt all conversation I might have just because they’re “in the room”, if that makes sense.