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Reddit Launches New Block Tools To Help Temper Harassment (mashable.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Reddit users can now use the new "block user" feature to better deal with harassment. The new feature was announced Wednesday and while the site has had [a "block user"] feature for quite some time now, the new tool allows users to block other users from replies and comments in addition to private messages, which was what the old tool was limited to previously. If users click the "Block User" button when viewing a reply in their inbox, it will remove replies, comments, messages and posts from that user from your view. Admins will however still see all the messages and replies, and if you're a moderator, you can still see content from users who are blocked on the subreddits you moderate.
produce that the current generation needs protection from that which makes us stronger and better adjusted?
If it weren't for being harassed, made fun of, and being generally dragged through the mud I'm not sure I would have ever toughened up and become so well adjusted. It's like they want to make sure the next generation is even worse crop of spineless jellyfish than the current.
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It incentivizes people to only hear what they want to hear, from sources approved to hear.
Never mind that it will be used by powermods to silence users.
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.