Comment on My thoughts on Hexbear. Posting as the megathread was locked.

• Zeus@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  yeah don’t consider it. maybe it’s just me being influenced by tumblr cultr, but 1) he won’t know, 2) there’s no point in arguing with someone if neither of you are going to change the other’s mind, 3) it harms no-one. just block anyone you don’t want to talk to

  i’ll admit i almost never blocked anyone on reddit, but there were so many people it was kind of useless. here it actually can make a difference to your experience, i think

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  • GarbageShoot@hexbear.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I appreciate your dedication to being constructive about things

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  • randint@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks. I just blocked them, along with the person who told me to post dick pics (as screenshotted in my edit to the post)

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  • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Blocking doesn’t solve the problem. The effect on OP is less important than the effect on others.

    They’re both trying to intimate to prevent posting they don’t like and they’re trying create a false “consensus” that serves to spread propaganda. They do this largely through the number of replies and not through any kind of substantive argument.

    It’s a propaganda instance using clear propaganda techniques and should be blocked. We can be open to alternative “ideas” if they don’t include the cheap influence techniques.

    The instance should be defederated.

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