This is the wild wild west. Yes.

There’s only mute, not block I think? When they reply to you, you just won’t be able to see it while others can. But I think the general quality of replies has gotten better the last year or so because popular relays moderate.

I have blocked/muted a few so far. It’s worked really well, except for the odd time that someone I follow reposts said account.

I've blocked/muted many profiles, mostly for posting porn but also others who were unkind.

I take Michael Saylor's advice to curate my life.

I'm super thankful to be able to set a hard boundary on Nostr if I need to.

Wise decision

Block liberally for maximum sanity.

Outside of spam bots I only got like 3 people muted (trolls that just post rage bait and retarded shit that adds absolutely no substance to any discussions on here)

Muting is a super power. Both parties win. Keep winning. It's your feed and your attention. You should have control over both.

Yeah, I have received spam DMs. Not much though since I use Primal, I guess their filters are working. I remember there was a gay spam content some months ago, but if not because users were talking about it, I wouldn't have realized, I got 0 spam notes.

Obviously filters can filter legit content too, that's a risk, but for now appears they are working good.

There is no block equivalent, only mute, so if your client has a “Block” button, it does nothing to prevent someone from reading and responding to you, and chances are, they won’t even know you muted them unless they know how to check your public mute list. Also, clients don’t always handle muted users the same way, and you may end up seeing their posts again if you change clients.

That said, don’t be afraid to use it, because it improves your overall experience. I’m using it more, with so many bad takes on all The Current Things™ flying around lately.

It happens to all of us. I once was getting into an argument and felt like it quickly escalated into name calling and i'll have none of that. If you are unable to discuss a topic without lowering yourself to such a thing i have lost all interest of continuing.

Apart from that there have been some "fake" accounts like scammers/spammers.

I mute tons of people.

Unfortunately this happens here as well.

Haven't had to block anyone yet.

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I unfollow and mute freely. It’s nostr, so post whatever you want but I curate my feed to add quality to my life. I’d expect everyone else to do the same.

wow. I’ve blocked maybe 100 accounts already. A lot are bot-like accounts. A few had made some direct, malicious/provoking trolling type comments. A few were due to rude responses. That’s in ~ 6 months.

Yes! Yes and YES! I agree! It’s crazy! I intuitively went to block an opposing view account also, then it hit me.. I want to see what they say and even causes me to remain unbiased, which hardens my continued resolve or I actually learn their point of view and learn something - it’s clear we are being played. Seeing the middle-ground is crucial. Unhinged paid hate speech however, zero tolerance for that shit.