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So, I was just blocked by someone. Their stated reason? “I agree with your position now that I understand it, but since you argued with me when I initially misunderstood it, I dislike you.” Paraphrased, of course, but that was the gist of it.
Blocking is too easy. It shouldn't be a simple click of the button to use for any petty reason. You do not own the space on a website, even your profile page. It is a public area, and booting someone out of a public area should not be taken so lightly.
Edit: I just realized something. Apparently, when the guy in question blocked me, he was removed from my watch list, as well as all of his deviations from my favorites gallery. Is that supposed to happen? Because if it is, that's just assholery. He's a good artist, but for some reason I'm not allowed to enjoy his art without his permission? What the actual bloody fuck?
Edit 2: I looked into it, and this is actually an intended feature. I can't believe it. I just… nobody else should have the ability to edit my list of favorites and watches. If someone doesn't want me to post comments on their stuff, fine. But this is just utter bullshit.
Blocking is too easy. It shouldn't be a simple click of the button to use for any petty reason. You do not own the space on a website, even your profile page. It is a public area, and booting someone out of a public area should not be taken so lightly.
Edit: I just realized something. Apparently, when the guy in question blocked me, he was removed from my watch list, as well as all of his deviations from my favorites gallery. Is that supposed to happen? Because if it is, that's just assholery. He's a good artist, but for some reason I'm not allowed to enjoy his art without his permission? What the actual bloody fuck?
Edit 2: I looked into it, and this is actually an intended feature. I can't believe it. I just… nobody else should have the ability to edit my list of favorites and watches. If someone doesn't want me to post comments on their stuff, fine. But this is just utter bullshit.
What Am I?
No, this isn't an introspective. I'm starting a collection of insults people throw at me over the Interwebs. I'll even categorize them.
Generalized Insults:“asshole”
“idiot”
“dumb”
“a dumb liar”
From the Communists:“centrist white male moron”
“dumbass, assin' ass white [person]”
“white European moron”
“the exploding big brain genius boi” (I think it's supposed to be an insult, at least. This person follows me around, so I'm starting to think this is their way of flirting.)
“white male neoreactionary”
From the Right-Wing:“
The Blocking System is Absolutely Broken
So, an idiot said some stupid things, and I called him out on it (in a gentle manner, which is unusual for me). He responds by continuing to be edgy and pissy on my profile page. I respond again, he sends me another response… and what do I find at this point? He's blocked me from replying. He commented on my own profile page, and I'm not allowed to reply. That's just fucked up. Who built this system? Who thought it was a good idea?
Consent Form for Sensible Discourse, V1
If you wish to have a reasonable and productive discussion, you must first affirm that you understand the following:
A. Words:
1. That words are a tool; merely a means of communicating ideas, and do not have any power or importance beyond what we give them ourselves for this purpose.
2. That a single word or phrase can have different meanings in different contexts, but can only hold one meaning at a time, and this meaning cannot be arbitrarily switched mid-discussion.
3. That different words and phrases can convey similar meanings, and the exchange of one word or phrase for another is inconsequential unless the meaning is lost
Blockening. Again.
It appears I only ever use this journal to complain about one particular thing. And it has happened again. Do you know what is absolutely maddening? When you find a picture that looks amazing, and you try to favorite it, only to get a message that you aren't allowed to, because the artist blocked you. So you look at the artist's name, and you don't recognize it. And you go to his page, and you don't see any reason why you would have had a conflict with him at any point. And you go through all of his deviations, and you don't find a single one that you remember commenting on. And you search your usernames together in Google, and don't get any
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I just blocked someone last week, and apparently the first time ever since I joined dA 10+ years ago.
Why? Well, there was this other artist getting harrassed by various people, so I basically posted a giant "STOP BULLYING HIM" sign on his userpage.
Of course, next thing I know, one of the bullies comes over and starts spamming me.
Like, every 2 hours or so, just posting the same short inflamatory messages.
I didn't bother getting into an argument, because honestly, I had other stressful real life problems to attend to at the time that were more important than arguing with a troll.
Hide, hide, hide, mark as spam, block user.
Done.
I figured I'd just unblock him a few days later when I had more time to deal with that nonsense and he'd probably cooled down enough not to start spamming again.
I didn't know that could remove stuff from people's favourites, what the actual F, deviantArt?!
That's not a feature, that's a bug! Get to fixing it, now!
Why? Well, there was this other artist getting harrassed by various people, so I basically posted a giant "STOP BULLYING HIM" sign on his userpage.
Of course, next thing I know, one of the bullies comes over and starts spamming me.
Like, every 2 hours or so, just posting the same short inflamatory messages.
I didn't bother getting into an argument, because honestly, I had other stressful real life problems to attend to at the time that were more important than arguing with a troll.
Hide, hide, hide, mark as spam, block user.
Done.
I figured I'd just unblock him a few days later when I had more time to deal with that nonsense and he'd probably cooled down enough not to start spamming again.
I didn't know that could remove stuff from people's favourites, what the actual F, deviantArt?!
That's not a feature, that's a bug! Get to fixing it, now!