Is that really how user-blocking has been implemented?

I thought messages from blocked users were just hidden from view like it is done everywhere else in the Fediverse?

I don’t think this is a good way to implement user blocks… say a user posts some Covid-19 denial stuff… so I write a lengthy reply to inform other users that this is BS, just to be greeted by a “you can’t post this” message on pressing the post button.

Not only should this be clearly visible before writing a lengthy reply, but also is a comment not only meant as a reply to the original author (that might have blocked you) but to inform other readers as well.

  • Dessalines
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    53 years ago

    I previously thought messages from blocked users were just hidden from view like it is done everywhere else in the Fediverse?

    If you block a user, it means you won’t see their comments and posts. It doesn’t mean they can’t see yours. It doesn’t seem right to hide something you haven’t explicitly told it not to.

    If its their post, you can’t do a top level reply to them, because they’ve blocked you and you’re responding to them directly. If its someone elses comment, it should work fine.

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      3 years ago

      That is what I meant with hiding.

      But I really don’t think preventing top level comments is a good idea either. Why not just hide those too?

      • @nutomic@lemmy.mlM
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        163 years ago

        Agree, it should be possible to reply with a comment to somebody who blocked you. The comment should just be hidden from that user.

        Besides suppressing discussion, the current behaviour also makes it too easy to tell that someone blocked you. I think it should be as hard as possible to figure that out.

        • Dessalines
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          93 years ago

          I see… I’ll open up an issue then. I spose I’ll try to allow any comment replies, but make sure they’re hidden from the blocker.

          • poVoqOP
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            3 years ago

            Sounds good to me :)

            Edit: Maybe the entire thread of a blocked top-level comment should be hidden? Or maybe some sort of collapsed “blocked top-level comment” thread could be shown?

            • Dessalines
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              33 years ago

              In how comment trees are built, it won’t show any branches under a blocked commenter.

    • @N0b3d@lemmy.ml
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      53 years ago

      Well that’s just… wrong, in my opinion. Stopping someone replying is censoring that person for everyone, not just the person who blocked them.

    • @rysiek@szmer.info
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      On fedi there is “hiding”/“silencing” (you will not see posts from a silenced user, the user will not have any indication that you silenced them), and “blocking” (you will not see their posts, but they will also not see yours).

      I feel this is a good distinction and a good set of options to have.

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      3 years ago

      Reporting is not implemented yet in the UI, and I think it should be reserved for extreme cases and obvious spam as otherwise it puts too much work-load on the moderators.