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Blocking a user blocks an entire comment tree (ani.social)
submitted 2 weeks ago by SpikesOtherDog@ani.social to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
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I just blocked a spam comment and, while the responses were not important this time, I can no longer see the responses to that comment. This tells me that I am potentially missing conversations where I may have blocked controversial individuals but I have also blocked everyone speaking to them.

It would be better, in my opinion, if just their comments were hidden and responses were still visible.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's how "blocking" works.

What you want is "hiding" comments from an account, like how reddit just showed a blank spot but still all the replies.

I don't think any app/instance has that ability tho.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well, I guess I'll just have to stick to my position of blocking what I blocked. Given most of what I blocked, I don't really feel terrible about missing the whole thing.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'll occasionally see a thread that says it has a bunch of replies, and only 1/10th are visible.

If you feel like you're missing out, sign out for a second and reload.

You will almost certainly see some shit that isn't worth seeing and after a couple times you'll stop caring enough to look.

[–] sirxdaemon@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think an option to hide blocked user's comments would be useful in cases where replies to their comments are corrections or pushback that one may want to see and upvote.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 0 points 2 weeks ago

I think so as well, but most of my blocking is trolls and spam.