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(DIR) Post #AkzKAksDR2h6kPDRoG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T10:22:45Z
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Can I just say that the option to mute people on here for 24 hours to 7 days, rather than either muting them forever or blocking them is a wonderful feature that I wish more social media had? It was designed for muting people if they are doing something like livecasting some show you don't care about... but it works well for suspected trolls too. It allows you to become non-responsive with little effort without alerting the target that you got mad and blocked them.
(DIR) Post #AkzKrDDqQPsqpfZsw4 by Rhodium103@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T10:30:24Z
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@futurebird I'd like it for hashtags, too. Yes, I want to follow them, but occasionally either someone is over-dominating it for a few days, or the discussion topic is going to be insufferably for a while.I can unfollow, but am I going to remember to re-subscribe to it later?
(DIR) Post #AkzL7E5Kz86O8qEc2S by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T10:33:18Z
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@Rhodium103 I don't think I'm the only person who feel bad about blocking people. I know in the abstract that blocking someone for any reason no matter how petty is my right and everyone's right, but something in my soul views it as "wrong" and only for the most extreme of cases. A timed mute is much easier to pull the trigger on... and if I have to use the timed mute more than once on the same person? Well the case has been made for just blocking them.
(DIR) Post #AkzLMmCQQmZ0HyxsvI by WestLawns@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T10:36:07Z
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@futurebird @Rhodium103 On the bird site, I used to soft block sometimes if bothered. So someone could follow again potentially, later on.I haven't needed to block many on here.
(DIR) Post #AkzLaRjLKbAQrLsdKC by promovicz@chaos.social
2024-08-15T10:38:35Z
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@futurebird Some of my best friends and mutuals have had temp mutes... why not? It's like keeping patience in reserve...
(DIR) Post #AkzLiAyTVssvCzdyue by Alon@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T10:39:58Z
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@futurebird It's especially good for muting a word or a hashtag - I'd do that on Twitter with US sports events I didn't care about, like the Superbowl.
(DIR) Post #AkzM4eMkut0GjgiXei by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2024-08-15T10:44:03Z
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@futurebird I don't feel bad about blocking trolls, haters, propagandists etc. I wouldn't let them in my front door either.I do love short mutings if debates become too long. @Rhodium103
(DIR) Post #AkzMc7ionEa1Kzzxcu by PeterLG@theblower.au
2024-08-15T10:49:59Z
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@futurebird A very handy feature indeed.
(DIR) Post #AkzNxePkXRb8lbuMQi by CynAq@beige.party
2024-08-15T11:05:08Z
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@futurebird You’re definitely not the only person who feels blocking is hard to pull the trigger on. I only block bigots, or people who blocked me so whenever I migrate servers I can take my blocklist with me and don’t have to interact with them again.Also my masto client @IceCubesApp shows mute options from 5 minutes to infinity.I usually use either 7 days or infinite.
(DIR) Post #AkzOP2bUi7ulbkSiTg by WTL@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T11:10:08Z
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@futurebird @PapyrusBrigade I don’t know how I used social media without it.
(DIR) Post #AkzQIxaYdyEYDzFhXU by iju@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T11:31:27Z
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@futurebird I just wish there were longer options. There are people who spam without tags US domestic politics, and I'd like to find a middle ground between enduring and muting forever.
(DIR) Post #AkzXVBeirqDb0Vyg2C by mage@eldritch.cafe
2024-08-15T12:52:03Z
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@futurebird I really love the note function too. I use it as warning shots, leaving room for benefice of the doubt for annoying but not-that-harmful behaviour.
(DIR) Post #AkzYM28QzoWipL4fAW by dbc3@mastodon.world
2024-08-15T13:01:38Z
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@futurebird I don't understand. An account won't know you blocked it unkess it overtly tries to message you or view your profile. And it won't have the ability to fo that if you blocked because you won't be visible to it except whatever is still in their feed immediately after you block. if i block someone for being a troll to someone else, they will never know it. And if i do it because they are directly pissing me off personally, heck I probably tell them i'm doing it.
(DIR) Post #AkzYTp11eqagSEK4B6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T13:03:04Z
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@dbc3 I've often had trolls who I block come back with other accounts to retaliate and complain that I blocked them. This never happens with muting.
(DIR) Post #AkzYyrm1SBOHz96lY8 by dbc3@mastodon.world
2024-08-15T13:08:40Z
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@futurebird Oh, you are referring to f-ing lunatics! Now that I think about it, your experience here may be a lot diffrent from mine. I see lots of comments about shitty people's shitty behavior but don't see that behavior. Maybe if i update my pic to show my deep suntan from my 3 weeks in Az that would change. Sigh...
(DIR) Post #AkzZIAQSKUNNKtDwcS by capnthommo@c.im
2024-08-15T13:12:10Z
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@futurebird yes. I don't often use it but when someone is on a long stream of stuff that is just intrusive it's better because I seldom actually want to kill people's presence - just put it aside until whatever it is has finished.
(DIR) Post #AkzZWujAycQuzd0nh2 by thygrrr@tiggi.es
2024-08-15T13:14:44Z
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@futurebird This gave me an idea, a shadowban where you can mute people for a limited time.And they would be muted to your followers as well, or if enough people from an instance muted them in a given time frame, then to an entire instance.
(DIR) Post #AkzZf4rVBJkWjynavA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T13:16:17Z
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@thygrrr Or just some way to share mute lists with people you trust would be nice.
(DIR) Post #AkzZrifuz0K3h5PPiC by dbc3@mastodon.world
2024-08-15T13:16:20Z
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@sidereal @futurebird Yes, but who bothers to do that? Just people with f-ed up personality defects in my opinion. If someone blocks me and I stumble on the fact I might wonder why but say "well, fuckem" and move on. A couple of times back.on tw a big contributor did. When they vanished from my feed I noticed, asked a friend to message them with my apology for whatever it was and plead my case to be unblocked. Worked once, failed once. Now i follow that one here😄
(DIR) Post #AkzZrjUbwWs8EJ7tj6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T13:18:33Z
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@dbc3 @sidereal I would care if someone I thought was a friend blocked me and I didn't know why. But, that's not what's going on with this thing. Some people think social media is a video game that you win by getting people to block you... but then how do you celebrate the win if they can't see how proud you are of being blocked? It is ... very desperate.
(DIR) Post #AkzaGCZLUP2BMI0bDc by wendigo@metalhead.club
2024-08-15T13:22:57Z
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@futurebird @dbc3 @sidereal I've had one or two friends block me. I don't always know why, but I try not to take it personally anymore because people are just strange sometimes. I haven't run across this *game* you mention yet...
(DIR) Post #AkzaXMe5HL2DX6PPKC by artemis@dice.camp
2024-08-15T13:26:05Z
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@futurebird @Rhodium103 That's a good point. I block freely, but not everyone likes to do that, so it is really nice to have multiple options.
(DIR) Post #AkzbfNDx6yThb8ZKm8 by arh@expressional.social
2024-08-15T13:38:44Z
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@futurebird @Rhodium103 I almost never block. I like seeing everything that people have to say and when there's someone with whom I do not want to interact, I don't respond to their posts. Blocking is reserved for extreme cases.(I can do this because I don't have a large follower base, otherwise my approach would most likely not work.)
(DIR) Post #Akzc2Hs7B2LLeuHSWO by Illuminatus@mstdn.social
2024-08-15T13:42:54Z
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@futurebird Yes, sometimes you don't want to mute or block somebody forever, just until their fixation with something you don't want to deal with at the moment has passed. That is good for both.
(DIR) Post #Akzc8hr9Tq3dzAtJHE by bobschi@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T13:44:03Z
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@futurebird it’s seriously one of the best features on here.
(DIR) Post #AkzgY5dObuRomwof5M by floby@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T14:33:18Z
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@futurebird I just used that feature yesterday! Someone whose views I value on a given matter was going on a rant about something he clearly isn't good at, but refuses to respectfully engage about. So now I'll see next week if he's calmed down
(DIR) Post #Akzh3pEH8jhlAwCO9o by TyrionTargaryen@social.vivaldi.net
2024-08-15T14:39:08Z
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@futurebird @thygrrr If I recall correctly, you can export/import mutes and blocks.They're simple text files. For importing, you can choose "append", which adds to the existing settings.
(DIR) Post #AkzhI3wPEr4erDd5Oa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T14:41:44Z
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@alan I'm imagining a bunch of people on Nov. 6 waking up to dozens of posts from people they have not seen for awhile who will either be very happy or very upset and IDK what that would be like to experience.
(DIR) Post #AkzjL36uyyTv3i69KK by po3mah@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T15:04:44Z
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@futurebird Mute for 7 days is absoultely the best. Especially because the excitement of people for some specific topic I don't care about quickly fades out.Nevertheless I had a funny experience: a guy got really pissed of just because I posted I like this function and blocked me, because 'I'm limiting myself to my social bubble'.
(DIR) Post #AkzjRF9h74ru9WLmy0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T15:05:41Z
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@po3mah OMG
(DIR) Post #AkzjfZx0apwuhcFi7M by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2024-08-15T15:08:25Z
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@futurebird It’s SUCH a useful feature. I find myself looking for the option on other platforms and feeling a sad little, “…oh,” when I realise it’s strictly a fedi thing.
(DIR) Post #Akzk3dB4FQ7ZezIUXA by OldWoofian@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T15:12:45Z
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@futurebird I follow a bot, @AboveMaidstone. it lists all the aircraft flying overhead, Kent UK. I find it interesting, but there are lots of Toots so my feed becomes clogged with aircraft reports. So it's a 7 day mute for them.
(DIR) Post #AkzpK1sgfStEgHL3z6 by PandaChronicle@ohai.social
2024-08-15T16:11:43Z
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@futurebird It’s also nice if someone I follow and like is being tedious about some subject I disagree with them on. I don’t want to permanently deep six them, I just don’t want to listen to them for a little while. 🙄🙃
(DIR) Post #AkzplWltvRXiIyHDcW by Bluedepth@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T16:16:28Z
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@futurebird All this, and the ability to change the color of the usernames so you can easily make-red people who seem to always push your buttons. Makes it easy, ah, here’s a red username. I was grumpy before. Let’s be careful going forward… :)
(DIR) Post #AkzqPZNde6URyl1P1s by picard@mas.to
2024-08-15T16:23:55Z
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@futurebird i feel it's a very underrated feature, very useful one. it's great too when two people you follow are arguing about something and you are either not interested, or one of them has a really bad but forceful opinion - just mute one for a few hours, avoid the conversation, and they'll automatically return to your timeline later on.
(DIR) Post #AkzrAqeJG4NH9EMbRI by mxtiffanyleigh@wandering.shop
2024-08-15T16:32:33Z
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@futurebird I also like that this normalizes my own relationship with social media and what I perceive as healthy. If there's an option for people to tune me out, I don't get creased about it! I may not be for everyone, or may not be for everyone *all the time* so I don't worry why people do or don't engage with me. Twitter really made me care about that at a v toxic level.
(DIR) Post #AkzrZ30qwTgGRWRmpU by dynamic@social.coop
2024-08-15T16:36:54Z
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@futurebird Wait, is this a core Mastodon feature? Sounds amazing. How does one access it?
(DIR) Post #AkzrbIeLm6rlWGznBw by dzwiedziu@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T16:37:02Z
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@futurebirdReminds me of an Ann Ryand-pilled dude, who had in his bio “if you block me, I win”.AFAIR I've pointed out flaws in his logic, and he answered me with something like “don't worry, I won't bother you again” and blocked me.So according to him I won, but now I can't message him with my address so he could send my prize. So this kind of looks like a “rules for thee, not for me” situation… :thonking: @dbc3 @sidereal
(DIR) Post #Akzsg97Mk4MtMIRTkW by Amgine@mamot.fr
2024-08-15T16:49:23Z
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@futurebird It is a lovely feature!It would be nice if the length of time were user-configurable: _X_ [seconds | minutes | hours | days | weeks | years]. There are people I would not mind muting until after work/the Olympics/the Election/school year starts/tomorrow.
(DIR) Post #AkzxquMuQ4JCZRfCU4 by mat@friendica.exon.name
2024-08-15T17:45:52Z
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Mastodon does let the blocked person's instance know that you blocked them. That's only visible to admins, but a lot of trolls are on single-person instances where the troll is the admin. I think it's worth bearing in mind that the "block" button sends a message.
(DIR) Post #Al0NLTtpNWYSJFjhPU by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:33:02Z
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@futurebird I use it every day.
(DIR) Post #Al0NTlMcKXOon69R0S by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:34:31Z
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@futurebird it's also great for: "I've got an awful lot to do for the next 7 days, so I'm going to temporarily trim the size of my feed until that's over ..."
(DIR) Post #Al0OFPDXyNMK0OctzE by temporal_spider@masto.ai
2024-08-15T22:42:11Z
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@matThat's too bad. I often permanently mute people not for being trolls, but because their account is about stuff I'm not interested in seeing. Are they getting messages that I blocked them? I don't want to make anyone feel bad just because I don't happen to be into their content. @futurebird @dbc3
(DIR) Post #Al0OFQ3Irwl8auqEeu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:43:05Z
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@temporal_spider @mat @dbc3 When you mute they don't know. If you block however they might notice that... though noticing takes a little effort.
(DIR) Post #Al0lU9pLm1XnYxJOT2 by milkman76@med-mastodon.com
2024-08-16T03:03:29Z
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@futurebird does your disagreement with them somehow change or ferment into something else after those naughty people are lucky enough to be removed from your temporary mute? Does it help? I mean wouldn't it just be easier to stay on Twitter and retain the ability to keep followers but block them from participating in any of your threads, like JK Rowling?
(DIR) Post #Al19fxhj4PHuL4uJYO by apophis@brain.worm.pink
2024-08-15T21:38:20.493679Z
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@thygrrr @futurebird why? if this person annoyed your followers as much as they annoyed you surely they can just mute them themselves?or are you thinking about, like, retroactively muting posts you've boosted from them too?
(DIR) Post #Al19fyghPi3pOBR0am by thygrrr@tiggi.es
2024-08-16T06:29:13Z
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@apophis @futurebird I'm talking about reducing cognitive load and also basically "voting", together with my friends and peers, for what content permeates not just "my", but by extension "our" sphere in society.
(DIR) Post #Al19fzUKRBl9s6edwu by apophis@brain.worm.pink
2024-08-16T06:30:30.007366Z
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@thygrrr please just go back to twitter@futurebird
(DIR) Post #Al19g02MOeyvZeZozg by apophis@brain.worm.pink
2024-08-16T07:32:07.161343Z
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@thygrrr @futurebird but like even before we get to the underlying expectations about our boundaries with what we should be allowed to not allow other people to see or not see:> reducing cognitive loadunder this system if i followed X who was friends with Y who i was friendly with but didn't follow (possibly because all of Y's good shit X was boosting anyway), but also W who hated Y's guts for reasons that had nothing to do with me whatsoever, i might end up unknowingly missing all sorts of posts by Y who'd be wondering what they'd done to piss me off since i wasn't interacting with any of their posts anymorethat's a lot dramanot a reduction of cognitive load at all
(DIR) Post #Al1EGBoQUfKcKtZUXo by apophis@brain.worm.pink
2024-08-16T06:31:49.873198Z
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this is the core of the spirit of canceldon: i don't like seeing this thing, so there should be some hard-wired thing that lets me force everyone around me not to see it toore: https://tiggi.es/@thygrrr/112966217530661047
(DIR) Post #Al1EGCuUPbm9jzPqdM by apophis@brain.worm.pink
2024-08-16T06:37:53.886494Z
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> No borders, no nations.🕊️> Enthusiastic dissent. 🏴OMFG LMAOOOOOOOO