Comment on Discord introduces a feature that lets you quietly ignore users without them knowing

Konstant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But they could make an alt account if they see you blocked them

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• balder1991@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That is assuming the other person is interacting in good faith. If there’s one thing the internet is full is trolls.

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• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yes, that’s a healthy way to handle normal interactions.

  However if you are being harassed by someone you don’t want to interact with them.

  Often times blocking informs the other user which has been shown to just make people resort to other means.

  There is practical application of not responding being better in some situations.

  In normal human interaction, be good to each other. Ghosting is awful.

  I don’t think this is intended for ghosting people though.

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  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    People will use it for ghosting unfortunately

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    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s fine.

      Those people suck and you didn’t lose anything.

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• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This guy doesn’t know I’m ignoring him, and it makes me giggle

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• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why?

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  • Konstant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Because online harassment exists.

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    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t see how it’s the same. In real life I could just walk away and be done with it. Online they can just generate another account and insert themselves right before you.

      If people could teleport or create avatars endlessly to try to talk to me in real life I would eventually just wear head phones and pretend to listen to them until they got bored.

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