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Blocking a user behaves more like mute. Proper blocking needed to prevent harassment. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 8 months ago by FarraigePlaisteach@slrpnk.net to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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The block feature should be renamed to “mute”, which is what it seems to actually be. Currently I can apply this to a user and they can still see all my posts. So it’s a good mute feature but a terrible block feature.

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[–] fievel@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Now Lemmy can implement anything but nothing could ever prevent blocked/muted user to create another account in order to continue harassment.

But it's not specific to Lemmy and same with anything open on internet.

I think the only way to prevent such issue would be a system which would require to prove identity in some way in order to create a single account. But this is completely against the openness of a federated network.

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Now Lemmy can implement anything but nothing could ever prevent blocked/muted user to create another account in order to continue harassment.

Not a great argument because the same could also apply to community and site bans.

I think that having more tools to fight harassment is ultimately a good thing, are these tools perfect? Of course not, but they are still better than having nothing.

I think the only way to prevent such issue would be a system which would require to prove identity in some way in order to create a single account. But this is completely against the openness of a federated network.

Indeed it is, plus it doesn't stop those malicious enough to commit a felony just to harass someone but that is neither here nor there, this discussion is about protective measures that can be done before ban evasion.

[–] fievel@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Indeed, I was focusing mainly in the fact that there is not a easy solution to completely avoid this problem. Now indeed being able to mute, to ban or to "report" an user to his instance admin could be useful tools even if they are not the full solution.