As we start to see more users join, it’s inevitable to see trolls (especially low-effort trolls) making more of an appearance and trying to be controversial and noticed.
Best just to scroll past them. They want to spark unwinnable arguments and rack up negative rep. If something seems absurdly ridiculous or inciteful, just move on. It’s not even worth down voting.
This is why I’ve generally been trying my best not to engage with the obvious trolls and bigots at all (not even downvote) but instead just block and move on. They don’t become aware of me, and I no longer see them. Not perfect yet (the block going both ways would go a big way towards that), but it works ok for now.
I mean I would still report them depending on severity but yeah that’s of course also a way to do it. I’d absolutely love to see block becoming 2-ways instead of peekaboo.
Oh yeah, I’ll still try to remember to report if I see they’re on one of the big instances I already recognise, but otherwise I might not in case the report just goes right back to them (like it did with the exploding people) in which case I’m not exactly sure what to do other than post a warning, but I’m rarely the first to notice this kind of behaviour, nor do I really want that kind of spotlight, so I might not be comfortable doing a public announcement about it.
Edit: though I’ll admit, I do often block people for things others might not consider as problematic, and feel like if I reported in those situations I’d just get ignored (and if the report goes to the wrong kind of person, potentially targeted for being “too sensitive” or whatever) which is why I’ll often keep it to myself.
That’s what I mean by severity if you’re blocking people for mundane reasons there’s of course not always a need to report.
By the way, as far as I personally know (because I asked this myself), if you report someone from exploding heads for example from this instance the report should go to ernest.
In case I explained it badly read this comment from user Kichae
Thanks, I’ll give that a read!
E: oh, and it’s not the mundane blocks I mean, it’s stuff like casual sexism or ableism that some might not consider “serious”, but that’s a whole other conversation for another time haha
Oh now I understand what you meant, no I consider both to be bad. Both don’t belong here, as well as any other -ism with bad intent. I believe that at the moment reporting the really serious stuff is the important thing to do and as the site grows, and we get more moderators so we don’t overload 1-2 people with reports, I wouldn’t see any reason not to report the less “serious” stuff.
Yeah, I think more people getting and dealing with the reports would definitely help, not just them in dealing with it, but also us users, in reducing the anxiety/guilt of reporting and “creating” work for someone else who is already swamped (even if rationally I know it’s the bigots’ causing the extra work, not those reporting them).
But hey, it’s all still new and growing so no pressure on anyone, I don’t doubt things will eventually get resolved in a way that works for most people involved (can never please everyone, and that’s ok!).
Ok, just had a read through, that makes a lot of sense about where the reports go, though I’ll admit I still get a little anxious about reporting “out of kbin” users just because I’m still getting my head around how it all works and all the information moving around the fed. But I’ll get there (and things will be tweaked and adjusted, I’m sure).
That’s a really good point. I don’t want to be on their radar.