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@yianiris@libretooth.gr

I see you opened yet another account. I will continue to block each one as you continue to jump to conclusions, and try to start an internet fight.

Respectful disagreements and debates are always welcome but not keyboard warriors exist only to cause conflict on social media.

If you want people to listen to your opinion, try a different approach next time

This is your sixth account I have blocked

@theropologist
Perhaps you could have a chat with this person, please? They blocked me before I couldn't send in a report

Thanks.
edit: if you would like insight into what led up to this reply, please feel free to contact me, I would be more than happy to discuss this with you.

I wonder how many people have blocked or muted me here. As far as I'm aware, there is no way of finding out.

I know of three users who have blocked me, but there could be many more. Two of those announced they were going to do so, while I discovered the other block myself.People don't say if they are muting you, so I could be silenced by hundreds! Somebody suggested they were using hashtags to mute my Kpop posts; that's fine with me, as I have no desire to clutter timelines with unwanted material.

I do very little blocking and muting myself. I have blocked and reported a handful of users whose posts were blatantly racist or antisemitic. I also had to do the same to a user who posted what appeared to be child pornography. Generally, however, I try to be as open minded as possible; I don't think it's good for me to hide away from stuff I disagree with or dislike.

I have muted a few users whose posting threatened to overwhelm my timeline. I feel a little bad about that, because they are probably nice people who are unaware that I have chosen to put their passions aside.

Do others block and mute more than I do?

The Fediverse arrived in mainstream! Today, I had to report a "prince" as fraudster (follows especially women and bots). Unfortunately, he is not from Nigeria. 🤣

Report before blocking: this protects others and moderators can suspend fake-accounts. This fraudster is known from big platforms, and no, the real one would never ask you for friendship!
May he find Nicole soon. (BTW, therefore, I have disabled automatic following).

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@MastodonEngineering

#Translation

Why are there still so many posts from both individual posters and entire instances where translation is neither offered nor allowed (http 403 or 503)

Certainly if #Mastodon wants to compete as #SocialMedia on a #GlobalStage translations into the reader's stated Interface Language should be mandatory, unless explicitly prohibited on an individual poster-by-poster basis

What gives?

As it is now, I #Mute and #Block posters who will not let me translate their posts into a language I can read

Why do I want to give up my very finite screen space to posts I'll never be able to read?

I don't, and I won't

I'm on an instance currently running v4.3.7

#block : a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces

- French: bloc

- German: der Block

- Italian: blocco

- Portuguese: bloquear

- Spanish: bloque

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

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@metin
@Seven
Two accounts have just joined my #block list.
I block everyone who hasn't realised that in the Fediverse you don't need multiple accounts if they are used to post the same material.

By all means have multiple accounts but use them for different topics aimed at different audiences.

I have finally, FINALLY managed to work out a thing that's been bugging me for ages related to #LinkedIn.

I'd been wanting to block someone I used to be connected to after it was revealed, very publicly, that they were in fact a toxic bitch.

I tried doing the normal, disconnected from them and then went to their profile to block – but the block action wasn't there, only report. I thought it was because they had registered as a company or something.

Until I found out today that I was connected to an event they had held a few years ago, and I was still registered as having gone. I left the event and TA-DA!! Blockity blockity block!

Relief!

Now, if only I could do the same for companies and pages...