Blocking People on Social Media

onceaking

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For those of you who use social media what does it take for you to block someone?

I used to block people for petty reasons but about a year ago I tried to stop doing it. My new rule was I would only block someone if they harassed me but now I'm thinking of breaking that rule. I'm in this debate group on Facebook and I would say about 90% of the people in it are capable of engaging in a good debate there are 10% of members who make some of the most ridiculous posts. What makes their posts ridiculous isn't that I disagree with the point behind their posts but the way they're making the arguments. The majority of their posts are full of poor faith arguments, gotcha moments and passive-aggressive responses to anyone who disagrees with them. Really I've just had about enough of these people. Would you block people like this?
 
For those of you who use social media what does it take for you to block someone?

I used to block people for petty reasons but about a year ago I tried to stop doing it. My new rule was I would only block someone if they harassed me but now I'm thinking of breaking that rule. I'm in this debate group on Facebook and I would say about 90% of the people in it are capable of engaging in a good debate there are 10% of members who make some of the most ridiculous posts. What makes their posts ridiculous isn't that I disagree with the point behind their posts but the way they're making the arguments. The majority of their posts are full of poor faith arguments, gotcha moments and passive-aggressive responses to anyone who disagrees with them. Really I've just had about enough of these people. Would you block people like this?

Passive-aggressive arguments seem to make up the bulk of Facebook interactions, at least in my experience. I would just try not to engage them if they reply to something you write, just ignore them.
 
I block people on Facebook allllllll the time. Lol my block list on there is so long. When I feel like someone is being incredibly unreasonable and just trying to pick a fight or refusing to let something drop and just move on with their day, I just block them.

I will especially block people if they go so far as to go onto my personal page and start commenting on/putting reactions on my posts, just to harrass me. That's absurd and for sure will lead to a block.

Oh here it's a little different, because I personally find the ignore function somewhat useless, since the people you ignore can still see all your stuff and reply to it. So I only put people on ignore when either a) I just really can't stand their posts and they always make me angry or ruin my day or b) they are extremely misogynistic or otherwise cruel toward me, so I put them on ignore so that I don't forget who they are an accidentally end up trying to have a discussion with them in the future. It's hard for me to keep track of usernames. I have some people on my ignore list on here that I actually have no clue why they are there anymore, but I trust that it was probably for a good reason and I might as well just continue to avoid them.
 
I block them if they watch my stories and I don't know them, or if they appear creepy. I also block a lot of sexbots which make up 99% of my list. In terms of people who I knew in real life that I blocked, most recent ones are: a girl who I blocked from my class who I knew was harassing me with anonymous texts from a second phone number app. I blocked her on instagram even though she did not follow me just because I don't want to associate myself with her. I also blocked a girl who wanted to lure me to her apartment when I had a bad feeling in my gut after our first date. She was blocked when I was on a vacation and she messaged me exactly when I landed (she found my flight number). A few days later she found me on whatsapp, in which I blocked her again.

Other than that, I don't really block anyone. I don't really argue on social media at all.
 
Just give up on social media altogether. I have had few but better social interactions ever since deleting Facebook and Reddit.

Also I tend to be more interested in getting to know people when I don't know the following about them.

  • Their politics.
  • Their pronouns.
  • Their sexualities.
  • The foods they like.
  • The drinks they like.
  • Their love for pets and kids or lack of.
 
Can’t bring myself to block anyone. People I’ve blocked where almost exclusively spam or people that directly insulted me
 
Can’t bring myself to block anyone. People I’ve blocked where almost exclusively spam or people that directly insulted me
Why is that? Also, it is impossible for me to block anyone in real-life. I've just given up on social media altogether, it's not a real place anyway. Giving up on social media actually made me a more grateful and less spiteful individual.
 
I ended up blocking the passive-aggressive guy. The final straw was him telling me I was using bad grammar and in another post telling me I should start smoking. I won't block the other people because occasionally they make a good point but not this guy. I looked through his history and literally, everything he has posted in the group is sarcastic or passive-aggressive. I feel a lot better knowing I will never see his posts and comments ever again.
 
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