@dansup This is how Bluesky's "nuclear block" works and it's great for silencing reply guys.

@dansup I disagree. But I think if you block someone, you shouldn't be allowed to share or interact with the posts of who you blocked. And you should only be allowed to share your own and edit or choose to delete them yourselves. UNLESS they establish a misuse of the report function, which should be determined by more than one moderator with a place to privately discuss the matters.

> but not enough to remove misinformation if it's not in a reply
Objective reality is hard. There are always going to be people that can't be convinced with reason. In fact, I think that's the case for everyone, to some extent. Humans aren't rational. They reject arguments completely if they don't fit in their existing view of the world.

@dansup

Just an idea (maybe not a good one) - What if blocking someone flags all their responses to the post as "blocked by original poster" so everyone knows this person was blocked. If readers agree that the person was inappropriate, abusive, or just downright toxic they can block them too, and if enough people block them the account is suspended/dissolved.

@dansup Agreed. Pretty much every platform that I am on supports this, including most FOSS platforms. It is a widely support basic moderation tool.

Every time it comes up, you'll get replies worrying about the theoretical risks, but Mastodon is like.. the only place that doesn't do this.

In my mind this is exactly like how Bluesky devs hem and haw about editing posts.

Everything allows for this, and those platforms are fine. We can just do it.