Do u believe that blocking someone online is childish ? 🐥 🐥 🐥

i think blocking friends as a manipulative act is childish. blocking them because they keep on bugging you after you tell them to leave you alone is understandable though. blocking people online though just because you dont want to see their posts isnt childish imo. i think it's smart

I believe it's necessary to ensure your experience on line is a desired effect. If you're on a Social site where interacting is the foundation of your visiting, I think it's very important you take responsibility and do what you need to do to allow your time to be safe, fun, respectful and nurturing.

Everyone is different. Once you truly understand that, there is no need to block.

Been on this site since 2016 haven't found a need to block.

Been on the internet since 1994 and only needed to block once. And that was because of a real stalker, that I thought she knew me.

Can't say a friend, because she harassed all my other friends every time they messaged me in the open. Calling them nasty names.

No it’s not, especially if they are harassing you. But even that doesn’t stop them.

I don't block anyone ever for any reason.
But... I am an attention whore and it's all good even when it's bad for me.

With that said I think blocking people for what ever reason is good for the blocker.
In R/L we are kind of stuck with people in our circles because of work or family and some of them may not be healthy for us to be surrounded by.
We just have to endure those.
Not online, there is no reason to not just eliminate any negative vibes from your surroundings for what ever reason.

The down side to this is that we are putting our selves into an echo chamber of like thoughts and minds and we don't allow our selves to be scrutinized.
When I have a thought it is built from what I understand and it is reinforced by what I can compare it to from life experience.
Ok..... Example time:
I don't like the idea of getting the Vax because I feel it was rushed out to fast.
No facts. No reason really it's just my thoughts. Quick fixes come with problems to often in my experience.
So I put it to SW. I asked if people "To Vax or Not To Vax".
I wanted to know if there was something that would change my mind. I wanted other peoples views on it.
The flaming I got didn't help or hurt. But there was a lot of it going on. Man people get crazy about that topic. LOL
I didn't receive any information that could make feel any more comfortable getting it. But I tried.

People don't like to have their views challenged for the most part and that is sad.
I myself want to know I am doing the right thing not the my thing be right because it's mine.

So know after writing all of this I think there should be no option to ever block anyone.
If people can't learn to look away from the things that upset their happy little world than they do have issues that need to be addressed I think. :-)

I think it can be both a necessity and immaturity - depending on what circumstances people block someone.

🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m not a big blocker, but I also don’t believe we owe total strangers who hold no pertinence to RL our time, energy, or further interaction. I’m indifferent to people blocking me for whatever their reasons. RL is stressful enough without creating more arbitrary issues for ourselves.

I think the on-off-on-off blocking g is strange though.. like.. just be done with it. Why put more energy into nonsense?lol

No I don’t.

Nobody has to tolerate anyone else’s particular brand of nonsense.

I guess it could be seen as that.
I’ve yet to feel the need for blocking someone

Tbh I have mixed feelings about blocking,

I never blocked anyone here on sw,

And I try to understand other people's POV,

But on other sites I've seen people who just won't leave people alone,
And it's like damn

But with that being said, I don't think blocking will fix much because the real harrassers just create new sock accounts

{@zonuss] to be honest i block very rarely on similar worlds think there is half a dozen or so . really you have too be offensive to get me too that pitch where i block you

Nah. What's childish is arguing with a stranger over the internet who we know nothing about.

Blocking is NEVER childish. It also doesn't always have to do with what you call "losing an argument". With blocking comes peace. No one deserves bullying or harrassment whether in person or online. I block when it's needed, but never due to not agreeing with what they say or "losing an argument/debate", lol. I am not immature. I do what needs to be done.

I've been blocking the trolls a little more frequently now.
same way I'd avoid somebody in a bar if they were constantly droning on about the same things.

It depends on the cause, so there's not a general answer to fit all the cases

I try not to block anyone here unless they’re being a constant pain in my posterior. I’ve blocked people on my personal social networks though for various reasons, like I liked them and didn’t want to get hurt anymore than I was, I was trying to hide from them, they kept stalking me or sending me follow or friend requests. Or they stitched me up and tried to get me into trouble at work.

Nope.
I block to keep my sanity.
I block to keep my mouth shut.
I block to clean up my screen.

I rarely block those who are making an attempt to annoy me, they love it when that happens. They're don't like being ignored though.

I believe in some cases it's warranted.
But in almost all cases, it's childish.

NO,
I know blocking anywhere is Highly mature and saves a Lot of headache but the InsaneInfants like me won't ever understand the epic stuffs.

No. I don't think it's that deep.

Despite all the abuse from you Zonuss, I have not blocked you.

I agree. Life isn't meant to be painless, or filtered. It is in difficult times we are tried, and or resolve and resilience is tested and or strength to endure is only conditioned by enduring. Strength of character and a deeper understanding of our world around us lies right outside our comfort zone. So go out and explore and experience deeply these hardships and tests of endurance that is what we are made for and built to do.

Blocking someone is similar to leaving a bar when you know there are going to be fists; you just KNOW nothing good will come of it, and you don't want to get involved.

There is some real ugly talk on here, and, although I may not have had a bad exchange, I block because I don't want to see some of this garbage, much in the same way I don't subscribe to certain cable channels or social media outlets.

I'm an (arguably) intelligent person who wasn't put on this earth to take shit from people. Nothing immature about it.