Is Blocking Users Problematic to the Platform?
There was an issue on Reddit a while back where people would post some hateful stuff, and of course lots of people blocked them.
After a while, anti-trans, racist, and far-right-wing stuff were only seen by non-logged in users, other bigots, or new people, and they weren't getting the downvotes they deserved.
Is this going to be a problem on Lemmy too? I'm worried that if we're all blocking shitty users that we're just hiding the problem from ourselves, not fixing it.
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Imo blocked users get less engagement, therefore it helps to some degree.
Also, unlike reddit, it's somewhat difficult to browse the Fediverse without being logged in.I'd guess that if any problematic content does slip through, it reaches a much smaller audience than if it were to slip through on reddit just because of how things are decentralized here.edit: I tried it again and I now agree that it is easier to browse with an account. I saw a lot more content than the first time I tried it ~2 months ago
I strongly disagree with that part
Indeed. I find the inverse to be true. It's getting harder and harder to browse Reddit without being logged in, but Lemmy is no problem.
I like to use old.reddit when I browse it now. I saw others mention it, and after giving it a try, I can see why people like it more than the 'updated' reddit.
I've never given it more than a few minutes at a time, but I didn't like it as compared to my 3rd party clients. Those are dead now, so... I just don't browse Reddit. 🤷♂️
I hope you're right. Just seeing a sharp increase in hate speech on here, and I'm worried it's going to be tricky to manage.
Your concerns are valid. That's something to be expected as the platform grows, but it's alarming nonetheless.