My list of people blocked? Teeny-tiny. My list of instances and communities? Well, now we've hit the jackpot.

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I avoid most controversial comment threads since I'm not here for drama. I do have a few people I put user tags on if I see them have consistent bad takes or if they treat other people poorly so I can avoid interacting with them. There hasn't been any need for me to actually block anyone.

This isn't directed at you personally, but these threads pop up from time to time, and for how few people are active commenters here, to have 100 blocks and the need to share that feels like something of a red flag to me. I don't think I've blocked more than a dozen people in about 30 years of being online.

Not that many, just obvious bots/scams. The app I use has user tagging so I can assign a color tag and text tag per user. Red = for me, do not engage and yellow = for me, engage with caution.

I tend not to block real humans, even the trolls, because often times the responses are interesting to me. I've learned some real facts about my trans peeps here on Lemmy because some people took the time to give informative responses to the community's benefit, despite the question being an obvious troll attempt.

Some of my tags include yellow for "AI slop spreader" and red for "TERFy troll".

"People" as in actual humans? None, I think.

If I block those with frequent trash takes, I won't get to downvote them next time. Other reasonable people would then see their future posts with higher scores.

like 15, but 7 of them are alts of the same user

Edit: its closer to 30, extremely toxic people or propagandists

I used to just not block so I can downvote them when I see them, but its getting increasingly more toxic and I had to block them.

I’ve only blocked communities for AI-generated content and obvious spam. I haven’t blocked any users here yet and have almost never done that since I tend not to take the things they say personally and other people’s responses to them can be entertaining. There are some bots I’ve blocked too.

33 but most of those are spam accounts. Actual people are hardcore tankies and the usual bigoted/racist shitheads. Maybe about 7 people I think?

Like 2.

A number, but they're mostly posting bots and people who are prolific gay porn posters (or other porn that I don't want to see).

I have a few. Mostly annoying ad hominem assholes.

"Why is lemmy such an echo chamber?"

None. I don't remember who I've argued with online the next day. I do have lemmynsfw muted

One, with another account I'll block if I see them again, but I'm fairly certain they're the same person. These accounts are a teenager asking any sexual question that pop into their mind.

I get being curious, but if you've seen Mickey/Michael around you already know it's a bit much.

Like 2 or 3 users who wouldn't shut the fuck up and kept annoying me.

Edit: Also forgot the one that tried to scam me.

None, but I do tag trolls and other kinds of idiots, so I can avoid replying to them but still read what they're up to.

Zero.

Because I'm not a fucking pussy.

Oh dear, now I’m wondering if I’m on your list or not :)

I only have two bot accounts blocked, not even sure if they’re still active.

About 20 people, mostly Nicole variations and a bunch of trolls.

About 175 communities. I have absolutely no interest in sports, anime or related, and I'm very limited in the foreign languages I speak.

I've got PugJesus and like three other people.

My blocked instances and communities, however, are too long to count. Probably well over a hundred.

4. Don't remember why.

14 communities and 6 users. I mainly browse by Local/New no it’s usually overzealous new communities that veer too close to spam trying to generate content for the community. I try and wait them out but sometimes I just give up.

On the user side I think it’s mostly all alts for one troll

Loads of accounts, but a fuckton of them are just alts between two different dumbasses who seemingly have accounts on every single instance they could find.

On here? Like 40 something, but largely spammers. Blocked far more subs though, mostly of content that does nothing for me. On Bluesky I'm subscribed to a blocklist or two for MAGA types and tend to block anyone who follows me with a suspiciously high follow count.

Two Nicoles

About a dozen people.

Communities, on the other hand, is a far higher number. I don't know the number but it's all the anime, AI, and furry communities.

On lemmy? None. I don't want an echo chamber.

Edit: Actually, I have blocked a few repost bots, but that's not people

So far, 2 users and 4 communities but I’ve only been here for 3 weeks (almost).

Some posts are so uplifting that it restores my faith in humanity, then the next post has nothing but toxic comments that makes my eyes hurt.

About a hundred. The list used to be thousands of users long when I tried filtering out everyone pushing extremist policies or just being hostile in general - but it turns out that’s most people here, since my feed completely died down. Now I’m trying a different approach: blocking only the worst offenders and using keyword-based content filtering to hide the comments that poison my mind.

AI-powered content filtering can’t come soon enough. Even keyword filtering is a blunt tool. I’d rather just describe the kind of content I don’t want to see and have it filtered out before it ever reaches me. I’m sick of how angry everyone is here. Most people probably don’t notice it much since it’s usually directed at people they dislike too, but anger hits me differently. I don’t like feeling that emotion, and I don’t like being around angry people.

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Five.

I only block people if they actively harass me online. Otherwise, I'm fine with disagreement and do not tend to rage ban.

Still, if someone follows me around Lemmy to spite on everything, I'd rather have them blocked to keep this place nicer.

Oh, and there's Nicole in there, of course.