I just ignore people who annoy me for the same reason. Either of us could be having a bad day or misunderstanding what the other is trying to communicate. It doesn't mean they might not say something I want to read in the future - especially with smaller communities.

I used to really like the RES extension so I could tag people just in case I come across them again in the future. Both positive and negative experiences with people.

I've only blocked a handful of people like shallowboob (or whatever their name was) who karma farmed/karma bot and I just wasn't interested anymore.

That's interesting, not what I'd expect -- but hey, everyone has their off days.

In an online space with more of a community feel, it would probably be worth extending a little more grace and patience. Lemmy doesn't have that feel to me, though. It feels like having random conversations with strangers with no continuity.

I'll admit, part of this is a pattern I started on reddit. I tried to curate my community list, but I made the -- decision? mistake? -- of including my city and state-specific subreddits. They were basically cesspits of racism and trolling compared to the good communities that I liked. There was also the increase in political propaganda bots over the years (not bad when I joined, terrible by time I left). I tried to avoid the worst offenders, but sometimes I'd get bored with my feed and click on the "all" feed. Bad idea.