@manton Yes! Excellent. This is one of those features that I've always wanted but struggle to keep in my memory for reference whenever I talk about whether I would encourage people to join.
> “Blocking someone will prevent your posts from showing up in their timeline.”
Shouldn’t it be the other way round?
// @SimonWoods
@manton I think of capabilities like blocking, as analogous to physical home security. Yeah, a determined and knowledgeable person could certainly break into any house... but that doesn't mean you should shrug your shoulders and conclude there's no point to having a lock on the door. Thanks for doing this.
@JohnPhilpin @SimonWoods I left out that muting happens too, so you don't see their posts. The terminology is confusing which is another reason we put off doing this.
@JohnPhilpin I think it's correct.
Muting: don't see posts from someone whose posts you don't want to see.
Blocking: don't show posts to someone you don't want to show posts to.
@manton Thank you. This is a great addition. I haven’t been needing it (because I’ve concluded the same as you did), but I welcome it now, because I think a large degree of the problem is rather random. I think the feature should come with a warning though, as maybe not everyone understands that blocking only works so far.
@manton This is an excellent and important addition, thanks Manton! Thankfully I’ve never come across a situation on Micro.blog that required blocking, but it’s nice to know the feature is available.
@manton I wonder how muting and blocking relates to the content warning tag on Mastodon?
@SamHawken Individually, we imagine and relate to our blog audiences differently. If I were to block someone, it would mean that I don’t want to think of how that person would react to my post on the timeline. Yes, they could read it elsewhere and figure out some way to respond, but I don’t want it to be easy.
@annahavron provided the excellent analogy that it’s like home security. 🔒
@manton will this also stop comments on your blog from them (a current gap in muting)?
@toddgrotenhuis No, but that’s a good idea. We need to fill a couple gaps in muting like this.
@manton that piece is interesting…not sure if it belongs more with “blocking” or “muting”. But still a good addition 👍
@jarrod There's no way, but there should be. We need a system that is specifically for curating your own comments.
@KimberlyHirsh @manton And +1 here.
@maique @KimberlyHirsh @manton Fully agreed here too. Having tools to manage this might give more people confidence to enable replies on their site.