Blocking can make some threads a touch harder to follow for the user doing the blocking and maybe the one being blocked. Say the blocked one asks a question and people start answering, unless they quote the blocker might be thinking what why is this being discussed. And if the poster answering the question does quote like many of us here do, then well the block did little other than cause a slight delay. Now you might might be the kind of person that wants to keep it a secret from so and so that you blocked them. Well it won't be long before someone quotes you and the cat is out of the bag when so and so can't see your posts.
I have found skimming works as well as a block for most stuff on here and other public forums. The kind of people I would block are the ones that are trying to bypass the family friendly rules by misspelling bad words in every one of their posts. And that is clearly a preference thing and I have not blocked anyone on this site. Of course that just means I have not come across enough people yet, as I'm sure there is a poster out there that I don't like.
Now in all honesty, some of this stuff is really really petty. First I remind myself that tone and facial expressions are missing here. Next I know that I'm more likely to read the entire post if it is nice and polite but manners and speech can vary by location. And if a post is a touch bit mean, I might skim it or I might even skip it. Even if someone comes right out and says, Hey what you want to do is so stupid and lame and here are 25 better ways to raise your chickens or dog or whatever. Who cares. I'm going to do what I want with my chickens, animal mis-treatment aside. Now that might mean I don't get the most out of my chickens, my loss. Ultimately one needs to pick what methods one likes and proceed how they want. And if you choose to leave the thread, by all means it is a free world. Even though I do wish some of the more experienced chicken people would come back on here like Stonykill.
And finally for the best part ~ if a poster does intentionally insult you, by all means report the user, that is what the tiny flag is for. Just keep in mind that the tone is missing from the post and perhaps a nice polite friendly message would solve the whole misunderstanding.
I have found skimming works as well as a block for most stuff on here and other public forums. The kind of people I would block are the ones that are trying to bypass the family friendly rules by misspelling bad words in every one of their posts. And that is clearly a preference thing and I have not blocked anyone on this site. Of course that just means I have not come across enough people yet, as I'm sure there is a poster out there that I don't like.
Now in all honesty, some of this stuff is really really petty. First I remind myself that tone and facial expressions are missing here. Next I know that I'm more likely to read the entire post if it is nice and polite but manners and speech can vary by location. And if a post is a touch bit mean, I might skim it or I might even skip it. Even if someone comes right out and says, Hey what you want to do is so stupid and lame and here are 25 better ways to raise your chickens or dog or whatever. Who cares. I'm going to do what I want with my chickens, animal mis-treatment aside. Now that might mean I don't get the most out of my chickens, my loss. Ultimately one needs to pick what methods one likes and proceed how they want. And if you choose to leave the thread, by all means it is a free world. Even though I do wish some of the more experienced chicken people would come back on here like Stonykill.
And finally for the best part ~ if a poster does intentionally insult you, by all means report the user, that is what the tiny flag is for. Just keep in mind that the tone is missing from the post and perhaps a nice polite friendly message would solve the whole misunderstanding.
