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my stance on blocking
8 years ago
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so with me finnaly getting some creative drive back and my position on a certain group of "controversial" people abundantly clear I just thought I'd inform you all of the criteria that I use to determine if I should block someone.
to me blocking should only be a tool of last resort and should be used with great care. to me blocking is the exercise of the power of the censor and I strongly believe that any form of power should be handled as if it were as dangerous as a firearm. with that said here are the circumstances in which I will block a user
just taking digs at me in the comment's section of my stories. I want to keep my stories separated from my positions on political issues as such people just commenting insults at me personally because they don't like me will be warned and if they persist will be blocked. also all of these aforementioned comments will be hidden.
bogging down my notifications with the aforementioned insults. these insults on their own don't particularly bother me and if they're not in the comments section of a story I've written I'm more inclined to let them stand. that said if a certain user is just spamming me with insults ie the notifications pertaining to their insulting me are disproportionately (say about 95 percent every day) clogging up my notifications feed I'll just block for that person
and finally I'll instantly block if you post something particularly threatening. in this modern age of oversensitive snowflakes the definition of threatening has loosened way beyond any semblance of being a serious threat. to that end I suspect my subjective definition of threatening is more than high enough to be a bannable offense on the site if not outright criminal in some extreme circumstances.
on a side note if you're going to insult me for god's sake be creative with it don't just hurl a canned insult. put some work into it
and before I block or hide a comment I will make sure to screenshot every comment made to publish in the interest of using power as transparently as possible. just so that I can show outside observers why I blocked.
update for july 4th 2017: if I find out a user is unironically associated with antifa communists or hard core 1488ers in the alt right I reserve the right to block you without provocation or warning if you're being ironic and I block you in error find a way to contact me and tell me and I'll unblock you
to me blocking should only be a tool of last resort and should be used with great care. to me blocking is the exercise of the power of the censor and I strongly believe that any form of power should be handled as if it were as dangerous as a firearm. with that said here are the circumstances in which I will block a user
just taking digs at me in the comment's section of my stories. I want to keep my stories separated from my positions on political issues as such people just commenting insults at me personally because they don't like me will be warned and if they persist will be blocked. also all of these aforementioned comments will be hidden.
bogging down my notifications with the aforementioned insults. these insults on their own don't particularly bother me and if they're not in the comments section of a story I've written I'm more inclined to let them stand. that said if a certain user is just spamming me with insults ie the notifications pertaining to their insulting me are disproportionately (say about 95 percent every day) clogging up my notifications feed I'll just block for that person
and finally I'll instantly block if you post something particularly threatening. in this modern age of oversensitive snowflakes the definition of threatening has loosened way beyond any semblance of being a serious threat. to that end I suspect my subjective definition of threatening is more than high enough to be a bannable offense on the site if not outright criminal in some extreme circumstances.
on a side note if you're going to insult me for god's sake be creative with it don't just hurl a canned insult. put some work into it
and before I block or hide a comment I will make sure to screenshot every comment made to publish in the interest of using power as transparently as possible. just so that I can show outside observers why I blocked.
update for july 4th 2017: if I find out a user is unironically associated with antifa communists or hard core 1488ers in the alt right I reserve the right to block you without provocation or warning if you're being ironic and I block you in error find a way to contact me and tell me and I'll unblock you
If someone's bugging me, I just give as good as I get and enjoy the ensuing salt - it's almost universally an SJW/Leftist/Communist anyway.
Some I blocked cause they kept at spouting off their extremist view's and opinions and after I asked them to tone it down, they increased the stupidity levels. Many I would love to block, but occasionally they spout off some real gems of ignorance and hardcore stupidity, thus providing entertainment for myself and others.
But I will not tolerate flat out lies, accusations and truth twisting from anybody.