I’ll generally argue with someone I disagree with online, and see if they’ll listen to reason. Maybe they’ll change their mind, or present new information or a perspective I haven’t considered and I’ll gain understanding and change my mind.
I only block people who are incapable of arguing in good faith.
After all, what’s the point of civic discourse if we’re all only talking to people we agree with? It’s just preaching to the choir, and creates epistemic bubbles.
After all, what’s the point of civic discourse if we’re all only talking to people we agree with? It’s just preaching to the choir, and creates epistemic bubbles.
I agree, but sometimes it becomes a matter of picking your battles.
That’s why I block people who demonstrate that they’re either incapable or unwilling to have a good faith discussion.
Of course it raises my blood pressure a bit in the meantime while I convince myself they’re not worth my time. Sometimes I’ll keep arguing until it reaches a dead end or goes in endless circles, just for the sake of anyone reading the comments. Not everyone has to go that far, of course. It’s quite annoying and gives me apoplexy at times.
So far I’ve blocked six users and I only made my account 25 days ago. Unless there’s an infinite number of trolls like there is on reddit, the block rate should start leveling off once most of them are blocked.
If they’re just an asshole I just tag them with flair, so I can still see if they’re giving someone a hard time and I can come to the person’s defence.
I also block any .ml communities that pop up in my feed, so that probably cuts down on my encounters with tankies. I instance blocked lemmy.ml but that doesn’t stop them from showing up for some reason.
I only block when I know I am unable to resist the temptation to engage. And usually when I do finally block, I wish I’d done it much sooner.
I’ll generally argue with someone I disagree with online, and see if they’ll listen to reason. Maybe they’ll change their mind, or present new information or a perspective I haven’t considered and I’ll gain understanding and change my mind.
I only block people who are incapable of arguing in good faith.
After all, what’s the point of civic discourse if we’re all only talking to people we agree with? It’s just preaching to the choir, and creates epistemic bubbles.
I agree, but sometimes it becomes a matter of picking your battles.
That’s why I block people who demonstrate that they’re either incapable or unwilling to have a good faith discussion.
Of course it raises my blood pressure a bit in the meantime while I convince myself they’re not worth my time. Sometimes I’ll keep arguing until it reaches a dead end or goes in endless circles, just for the sake of anyone reading the comments. Not everyone has to go that far, of course. It’s quite annoying and gives me apoplexy at times.
How often do you think you reach such a point?
So far I’ve blocked six users and I only made my account 25 days ago. Unless there’s an infinite number of trolls like there is on reddit, the block rate should start leveling off once most of them are blocked.
If they’re just an asshole I just tag them with flair, so I can still see if they’re giving someone a hard time and I can come to the person’s defence.
I also block any .ml communities that pop up in my feed, so that probably cuts down on my encounters with tankies. I instance blocked lemmy.ml but that doesn’t stop them from showing up for some reason.