I’ve heard it be encouraged that users should curate their own experience on Lemmy by blocking accounts, communities, and/or instances that you don’t want to see. I imagine I’m not the only one curious how my total compares to others’

I’m at 142, and I’m unsure if I should pretend to be bashful about that total

  • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    9 个月前

    I think I blocked a bot once, if that counts.

    But I don’t block people on any sites unless they start spamming me in DMs or whatever. I don’t see the point of blocking people otherwise.

  • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
    252·
    9 个月前

    Zero, I ain’t no bitch. But I have blocked a lot of pages. No anime or languages I don’t know or Linux shit for me.

  • doc@fedia.io
    16·
    9 个月前

    3? I generally don’t care, but some people are insufferable. They spew nonsense meant only to get a rise out of others and have a chip on their shoulder. Interacting with their existence is a waste of mine, so bye bye.

  • Zak@lemmy.world
    13·
    9 个月前

    Zero.

    I mainly look at my subscribed feed, which contains mostly topics I want to see in communities moderated well enough I rarely see anybody being horrible.

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
    13·
    9 个月前

    A few dozen users, mostly bots or people posting in non-English with their accounts setup incorrectly to tag it as English.

    Actual humans who I think are idiots or trolls, I’m more likely to just tag them instead of blocking them. I see the tag and it reminds me not to waste my time answering them, but I can still see other people making interesting responses. Like there’s a chronically depressed dude who posts frequently, asks for advice, then insults anyone who replies. He caught me twice, then I tagged him and I no longer take his bait. But some other people who reply to him have genuinely good comments and I can still see them.

  • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
    10·
    9 个月前

    There was one user that was constantly creating communities for Japanese cartoons

    Fuck me it was like swatting flies, but then I realised I should just block the user!

    Ta-dah, no more suspiciously-pseudo-pedo shit cluttering up my “all”

  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 个月前

    I use Connect and tag users rather than block them. That way, I can still see stuff that’s posted but I have a hint as to whether or not they are someone with whom I want to interact.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    9 个月前

    I dunno, the browser lags when I scroll down it.

    It’s trivial to build huge ones up. This account is only as old as the reddit bullshit in 23, and I know I’m over a hundred at least.

    Humans are assholes. On the internet, they don’t work as hard to pretend they’re not. And, they’ll often go harder at it than anywhere else. So you block a lot if you want to avoid future interactions with the same asshole.

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
    8·
    9 个月前

    Tons of communities. I don’t think any users though. Some I know are trolls but if I don’t challenge them, then they may influence people who aren’t as aware of their agenda.

    Mostly on this account I’ve blocked tons of porn and anime and sports.

    My NSFW account I block anything not porn and all the porn I’m not interested in.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    7·
    9 个月前

    Just 11 for me, all spambots. Luckily, I’ve not had many problems with real people around here.

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
    6·
    9 个月前

    25 users

    37 communities

    3 instances

    I don’t think I’ve added to the list in months.

  • Gloomy@mander.xyz
    71·
    9 个月前

    0

    I won’t block different perspectives. If I disagree I disagree and move on, but why block somebody? I think it is important to have your believes challenged.

      • Gloomy@mander.xyz
        36·
        9 个月前

        But why the block? Why not disagree and move on with your life?

        • TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ⁽ᵗʰᵉʸ‘ᵗʰᵉᵐ⁾@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
          141·
          9 个月前

          I think it’s bad for my mental health to be regularly exposed to extremely bad takes and hateful content, and blocking them prevents me from seeing them again in the future.

          And my client doesn’t support tagging, so blocking them is a safe way to ensure I don’t accidentally waste my time reading the opinion of someone with historically shit opinions

          • Gloomy@mander.xyz
            6·
            9 个月前

            I agree, if you feel it is affecting your mental health you should by all means take care of yourself and avoid it. I can understand how this is sensible.