How many users have you blocked? - eviltoast

I’ve heard it be encouraged that users should curate their own experience on Lemmy by blocking accounts, communities, and/or instances that you don’t want to see. I imagine I’m not the only one curious how my total compares to others’

I’m at 142, and I’m unsure if I should pretend to be bashful about that total

  • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    27 days ago

    I think I blocked a bot once, if that counts.

    But I don’t block people on any sites unless they start spamming me in DMs or whatever. I don’t see the point of blocking people otherwise.

  • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
    252·
    27 days ago

    Zero, I ain’t no bitch. But I have blocked a lot of pages. No anime or languages I don’t know or Linux shit for me.

  • doc@fedia.io
    16·
    27 days ago

    3? I generally don’t care, but some people are insufferable. They spew nonsense meant only to get a rise out of others and have a chip on their shoulder. Interacting with their existence is a waste of mine, so bye bye.

  • Zak@lemmy.world
    13·
    27 days ago

    Zero.

    I mainly look at my subscribed feed, which contains mostly topics I want to see in communities moderated well enough I rarely see anybody being horrible.

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
    13·
    27 days ago

    A few dozen users, mostly bots or people posting in non-English with their accounts setup incorrectly to tag it as English.

    Actual humans who I think are idiots or trolls, I’m more likely to just tag them instead of blocking them. I see the tag and it reminds me not to waste my time answering them, but I can still see other people making interesting responses. Like there’s a chronically depressed dude who posts frequently, asks for advice, then insults anyone who replies. He caught me twice, then I tagged him and I no longer take his bait. But some other people who reply to him have genuinely good comments and I can still see them.

  • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
    10·
    27 days ago

    There was one user that was constantly creating communities for Japanese cartoons

    Fuck me it was like swatting flies, but then I realised I should just block the user!

    Ta-dah, no more suspiciously-pseudo-pedo shit cluttering up my “all”

  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
    10·
    27 days ago

    I use Connect and tag users rather than block them. That way, I can still see stuff that’s posted but I have a hint as to whether or not they are someone with whom I want to interact.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    27 days ago

    I dunno, the browser lags when I scroll down it.

    It’s trivial to build huge ones up. This account is only as old as the reddit bullshit in 23, and I know I’m over a hundred at least.

    Humans are assholes. On the internet, they don’t work as hard to pretend they’re not. And, they’ll often go harder at it than anywhere else. So you block a lot if you want to avoid future interactions with the same asshole.

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
    8·
    26 days ago

    Tons of communities. I don’t think any users though. Some I know are trolls but if I don’t challenge them, then they may influence people who aren’t as aware of their agenda.

    Mostly on this account I’ve blocked tons of porn and anime and sports.

    My NSFW account I block anything not porn and all the porn I’m not interested in.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    7·
    27 days ago

    Just 11 for me, all spambots. Luckily, I’ve not had many problems with real people around here.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    27 days ago

    None, I’ve seen hateful speech here and when I do I report it and carry on… I don’t dislike reading news or opinions I personally disagree with however.

    Whoops, missed the communities portion of the question. I don’t browse all, I have a specific list of communities I’ve subscribed to that I read through in New order.