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Block isn't real, since it can always be circumvented. It's a lazy way to remove people from your audience. As in real life, you can't control the actions of others, you can only control your own actions. The affordances we have for protecting ourselves in the digital world are limited by the nature of communication and cryptography.

ew0k 2y ago

Of course anyone can spin up a new account and continue harassing someone, but it’s one more layer of protection, to at least tire some fraction of bad actors

If blocking is so limited to begin with, why not just have it then 🤷🏻‍♂️

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hodlbod 2y ago

Because it's impossible in a decentralized protocol

ew0k 2y ago

You can block on mastodon, nostr relays have been able to filter traffic too

Why not here? I’m not technical so I could be missing something

hodlbod 2y ago

Mastodon is federated (many-centered), not decentralized. Relays can block stuff here too, but a relay blocking something does not block that thing for its users, unless they only use that relay.

ew0k 2y ago

Could you have a network of relays voluntarily adhere to a blocklist?

hodlbod 2y ago

Yes, and to an extent many will block illegal content. But that's distinct from allowing individuals to block whomever

ew0k 2y ago

I think people would pay to be on a network of relays that allowed block requests/ some level of moderation from user to relay operator

Time will tell I guess!