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yeah on their screen? How can blocking influence the ranking?

by bugtodiffer 2y ago

ragazzina 2y ago
I guess all the people that could disagree and downvote just do not see the comment.
- chii 2y ago
  i think there should be an option, where you automatically downvote a blocked user's post/comment, even without seeing it. If that user doesn't have many people blocking them, then this will barely affect the votes. If they have tonnes of blockers, then would indicate that they probably deserved it, and the downvotes would make sense anyway. It would prevent echo chambers from forming.
  - Mashimo 2y ago
    On small sub-reddits even something like -5 votes will have a huge impact. If you are on a bigger forum, block a few because you just don't want to see their posts. Or they are bots. Suddenly you have huge problems on small subreddits. And I don't see a huge benefit to it. People clean up their block list maybe? But for what.
    - chii 2y ago
      > -5 votes will have a huge impact. if the sub is small, then 5 blockers might be significant. I suppose the arguments regarding the bot accounts are valid, as it allows for manipulation. Presumably reddit should be blocking bots, but of course that's wishful thinking.
  - 6r17 2y ago
    How would that fix the problem ? Echo-Chambers such as Reddit exist because there is a single opinion coming out of it. It's a pool of people aligning with themselves and frying out anybody that is not following their opinion. This would also create a tool to cast target people to oblivion. The real question is to ask what is the real problem. I understand that an online places can be gritty because of incivilities, but a dogme is much more scarier to me than an online idiot.
Seattle3503 2y ago
Alone, it doesn't grant upvotes. What blocking does is silence anyone who would make a counterpoint. Sometimes a thoughtful response can clip the wings of a snappy but shallow comment. Blocking opposition prevents the interference of thoughtful comments.

yeah on their screen? How can blocking influence the ranking?

ragazzina 2y ago

I guess all the people that could disagree and downvote just do not see the comment.

chii 2y ago
i think there should be an option, where you automatically downvote a blocked user's post/comment, even without seeing it. If that user doesn't have many people blocking them, then this will barely affect the votes. If they have tonnes of blockers, then would indicate that they probably deserved it, and the downvotes would make sense anyway. It would prevent echo chambers from forming.
- Mashimo 2y ago
  On small sub-reddits even something like -5 votes will have a huge impact. If you are on a bigger forum, block a few because you just don't want to see their posts. Or they are bots. Suddenly you have huge problems on small subreddits. And I don't see a huge benefit to it. People clean up their block list maybe? But for what.
  - chii 2y ago
    > -5 votes will have a huge impact. if the sub is small, then 5 blockers might be significant. I suppose the arguments regarding the bot accounts are valid, as it allows for manipulation. Presumably reddit should be blocking bots, but of course that's wishful thinking.
- 6r17 2y ago
  How would that fix the problem ? Echo-Chambers such as Reddit exist because there is a single opinion coming out of it. It's a pool of people aligning with themselves and frying out anybody that is not following their opinion. This would also create a tool to cast target people to oblivion. The real question is to ask what is the real problem. I understand that an online places can be gritty because of incivilities, but a dogme is much more scarier to me than an online idiot.

Seattle3503 2y ago

Alone, it doesn't grant upvotes. What blocking does is silence anyone who would make a counterpoint. Sometimes a thoughtful response can clip the wings of a snappy but shallow comment. Blocking opposition prevents the interference of thoughtful comments.