And what’s the origin of that phrase?
And yes I am an old geezer, a slow one too.
Some apps allow you to label users, such as with “dodgy” or “asshole” or whatever
And folks often use that to keep tabs on folks they see around often that they’re not certain about, where they’re like “well, the other time I interacted they were chill, maybe just a bad day?”
So the phrase is effectively saying “I’m done giving you the benefit of the doubt, I will no longer interact with you”
Tagging someone so you know what kind of bullshit they’re on vs. blocking so you don’t see their bullshit at all.
Personally, I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt. If they’re rude, I give them an orange or red coloured tag. Everyone has bad days, after all. But if I see they already have a red coloured tag, I just block them instead. It goes the other way too though, kindness puts you closer towards green.
I think many people have a system like this. It’s a small community, often it’s the same repeat troublemakers being caustic. I can’t speak to how others use the tags, though.
Very similar process here. I’ve yet to block anyone as far as I remember, but I see red tags, I know to scroll past and ignore. Or if I see it in a thread I’m reading, I know not to engage if it’s bad faith or clearly just unpleasant, even if I have to read it to understand what follows. Wherever I see green or blue, I’ll stop and read even if it seems uninteresting, because those are the people that have proven insightful and empathetic or whatever else it was that made me tag. I usually write the description too in the tags.
Perhaps worth noting though, I’m not sure these tags are a built in lemmy or equivalent feature, or rather a client thing. I use voyager if someone’s interested.
