Public block lists are it. "Social media:" let's think about a social party. If someone is upset with another person then everyone can see it, body language al

Public block lists are it. "Social media:" let's think about a social party. If someone is upset with another person then everyone can see it, body language alone. Online blocks make pretty much no sense, as the type of person who needs to be blocked will just make more accounts or otherwise persist. The reasonable person who doesn't need to be blocked can be reasoned with and will be reasonable. Accounts with unreasonable blocks tell on themselves if the blocks are public. I've been subject to black ball / whisper lists so my perspective may be rare. But I picture the people who've come against me being at a party with me and their behavior is very anti-social. People would quickly notice something weird going on, where online I'm just blocked and muted and nobody else knows. I don't block anyone but I am aware there are people who can't be reasoned with and they've been the rare exception who've ended up blocked by me in the past. I know they can still access my activity and drop in with anon accounts. "Social media" is more like sociopathic media in its current state. The more like an IRL party things are online the better, so public block lists are an upgrade. Throwback: AOL/AIM's public warnings. People would start IMing when you got a warning, ask "what happened?" That was pretty social.