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

  • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
    23·
    2 months ago

    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
    15·
    2 months ago

    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·
    2 months ago

    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·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 months ago

    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·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • Sundial@lemm.ee
    9·
    2 months ago

    None, I don’t think it’s worthwhile to block users and create some kind of filtered bubble or echo chamber. To me, if you try to silence someone, you’re afraid of what they have to say.

      • Sundial@lemm.ee
        4·
        2 months ago

        It’s just some random internet person. Why would what they say annoy you?

          • Sundial@lemm.ee
            4·
            2 months ago

            Just ignore/downvote/argue them. Whatever you prefer and have the energy for. I don’t believe blocking people just because they disagree or annoy you is a good mindset to have personally. You’re just setting yourself up to just browse in an echo chamber.

            I remember a few months ago there was a post on Asklemmy where the person talked about how they enjoyed talking to an AI chatbot more than human interaction. During the course of the discussion it came out that this person had some incredibly crappy views on things like politics and human loss. This person admitted to blocking over 500 people on Lemmy because of it, and it’s likely gone up since then. Blocking people just sets one up to have that kind of mindset.

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 months ago

    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
    6·
    2 months ago

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

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    I’m probably an agent of chaos because I’ve blocked nothing, no one, nada. Don’t get me wrong, I abhor some of the bad takes I’ve seen, and I certainly have had to hide furry porn from family before I think that got defed’d, but I kind of like the weird chaos of c/All.

    But then again, the worst of it isn’t on LemmyWorld, I know what Hexbear and Lemmygrad look like and I’m not sure I could stay triple zero on bans.

  • Gloomy@mander.xyz
    6·
    2 months ago

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    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.

        • TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ⁽ᵗʰᵉʸ‘ᵗʰᵉᵐ⁾OP
          13·
          2 months ago

          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·
            2 months ago

            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.