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Reddit announces revamped blocking experience

16 points by ummonk 5y ago

AutumnCurtain 5y ago
Looks like it's down, I get a 504 gateway error.
- matart 5y ago
  All of reddit is down for me right now
  - marginalia_nu 5y ago
    They blocked themselves, it appears.
- bigodbiel 5y ago
  site is up, login is down
  - Gobd 5y ago
    Yeah it seems to not load if you're logged in. Both old and new Reddit working fine in Incognito mode in Chrome.
- ummonk 5y ago
  Huh, I guess old reddit is down, but new seems to be working https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/s71g03/announcing_blocking_updates/ https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/s71g03/announcing_blo...
  - S6eUL 5y ago
    Both are down for me. redditstatus.com not indicating any problems, though. [1] [1] https://www.redditstatus.com/ https://www.redditstatus.com/
smm11 5y ago
Still not reviving my Reddit account.
ummonk 5y ago
I think this is a major step backwards, as it allows people to abusively block anyone who rebuts their posts / comments in public fora. Having such blocking functionality on Twitter or Facebook timelines makes sense, but in my opinion Reddit should be more analogous to classic forums, or to Facebook groups, where you can't simply block someone else in the community from participating in your threads as long as they abide by the group's / forum's rules.
- version_five 5y ago
  I don't really use reddit but have ended up following links to it a few times recently. I was really struck by all of the rules about what you could and couldn't say in many forums, mainly just how both specific and front and center they were. It strikes me as much more like a kindergarten than e.g. HN, where users are treated like kids and carefully monitored. I assume that's because of how many users they have in many subreddits.
- new_guy 5y ago
  I disagree. I have a friend on there posting content and was getting harassed by a troll, the way the current blocking system works they can 'block' them, but it's a 1 way block, the abused can no longer see or interact with the abuser. But the abuser can still comment on every single post/comment of the person they're abusing, which is just backwards. And they can't even report that any more because they can longer see it, even though it's still happening. The point of a block feature is to remove the abusers ability to interact in any capacity with the abused, and this new system looks to be a step towards that.
  - ummonk 5y ago
    The solution to actual harassment (rather than justified rebuttal) should be for the harasser to get suspended. Instead this system allows an abuser to, for example, preemptively block you and then make posts about you that you'll never see and be able to rebut or know to report.
- GravitasFailure 5y ago
  Yeah, I have super mixed feelings about this. It's ripe for abuse, but at the same time I've wanted this exact functionality for a while to avoid all the bots. I also have a bunch of people blocked that a mute would do just fine for, I just don't want to see their 4 posts every single day clogging up the subreddit. Here's to hoping there's another update that addresses these issues.
7373737373 5y ago
Reddit is becoming more and more people-, not content-centric. I suspect it will get its peak and then slowly die like the others: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=myspace,reddit,twitter https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=myspace,...
- trash3 5y ago
  The inertia of the internet has become lower and lower as more people use it. Without some TikTok but for text forums it won't be able to die.
josephcsible 5y ago
This is an awful decision. If you block someone, it shouldn't affect what they can see or do at all, with the exception of DMing you.
Buttons840 5y ago
Reddit claims that if I block a user, that user cannot see my content. But that's not true, the other user has private browser tabs, and alternate accounts, and maybe even a Reddit client that works around the block. All of this means the user I blocked can still see my content.
- neetrain 5y ago
  As long as someone whom I block can't interect with me, I don't care that much. Block on twitter works about the same way.
- 7373737373 5y ago
  Oh, I'm sure Reddit will do a Pinterest at some point and make most content inaccessible to non-logged in users
Razengan 5y ago
“Revamped” in the context of Reddit usually means “even worse”. Thank you for using “old.reddit.com”. Fuck Reddit, fuck their redesign, fuck their search and fuck their app. Excuse my French. P.S. Use Apollo

16 points by ummonk 5y ago

AutumnCurtain 5y ago

Looks like it's down, I get a 504 gateway error.

matart 5y ago
All of reddit is down for me right now
- marginalia_nu 5y ago
  They blocked themselves, it appears.
bigodbiel 5y ago
site is up, login is down
- Gobd 5y ago
  Yeah it seems to not load if you're logged in. Both old and new Reddit working fine in Incognito mode in Chrome.
ummonk 5y ago
Huh, I guess old reddit is down, but new seems to be working https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/s71g03/announcing_blocking_updates/ https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/s71g03/announcing_blo...
- S6eUL 5y ago
  Both are down for me. redditstatus.com not indicating any problems, though. [1] [1] https://www.redditstatus.com/ https://www.redditstatus.com/

smm11 5y ago

Still not reviving my Reddit account.

ummonk 5y ago

I think this is a major step backwards, as it allows people to abusively block anyone who rebuts their posts / comments in public fora. Having such blocking functionality on Twitter or Facebook timelines makes sense, but in my opinion Reddit should be more analogous to classic forums, or to Facebook groups, where you can't simply block someone else in the community from participating in your threads as long as they abide by the group's / forum's rules.

version_five 5y ago
I don't really use reddit but have ended up following links to it a few times recently. I was really struck by all of the rules about what you could and couldn't say in many forums, mainly just how both specific and front and center they were. It strikes me as much more like a kindergarten than e.g. HN, where users are treated like kids and carefully monitored. I assume that's because of how many users they have in many subreddits.
new_guy 5y ago
I disagree. I have a friend on there posting content and was getting harassed by a troll, the way the current blocking system works they can 'block' them, but it's a 1 way block, the abused can no longer see or interact with the abuser. But the abuser can still comment on every single post/comment of the person they're abusing, which is just backwards. And they can't even report that any more because they can longer see it, even though it's still happening. The point of a block feature is to remove the abusers ability to interact in any capacity with the abused, and this new system looks to be a step towards that.
- ummonk 5y ago
  The solution to actual harassment (rather than justified rebuttal) should be for the harasser to get suspended. Instead this system allows an abuser to, for example, preemptively block you and then make posts about you that you'll never see and be able to rebut or know to report.
GravitasFailure 5y ago
Yeah, I have super mixed feelings about this. It's ripe for abuse, but at the same time I've wanted this exact functionality for a while to avoid all the bots. I also have a bunch of people blocked that a mute would do just fine for, I just don't want to see their 4 posts every single day clogging up the subreddit. Here's to hoping there's another update that addresses these issues.

7373737373 5y ago

Reddit is becoming more and more people-, not content-centric. I suspect it will get its peak and then slowly die like the others: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=myspace,reddit,twitter https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=myspace,...

trash3 5y ago
The inertia of the internet has become lower and lower as more people use it. Without some TikTok but for text forums it won't be able to die.

josephcsible 5y ago

This is an awful decision. If you block someone, it shouldn't affect what they can see or do at all, with the exception of DMing you.

Buttons840 5y ago

Reddit claims that if I block a user, that user cannot see my content. But that's not true, the other user has private browser tabs, and alternate accounts, and maybe even a Reddit client that works around the block. All of this means the user I blocked can still see my content.

neetrain 5y ago
As long as someone whom I block can't interect with me, I don't care that much. Block on twitter works about the same way.
7373737373 5y ago
Oh, I'm sure Reddit will do a Pinterest at some point and make most content inaccessible to non-logged in users

Razengan 5y ago

“Revamped” in the context of Reddit usually means “even worse”. Thank you for using “old.reddit.com”. Fuck Reddit, fuck their redesign, fuck their search and fuck their app. Excuse my French. P.S. Use Apollo