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I actually like that blocking only stops you seeing their stuff. You shouldn't be able to stop someone else's account being unable to see your comments, that shouldn't be within your power. But if you can't see what they said, that should be enough for you, since they won't bother you any more. I'd even have it that blocking is entirely client side.
Another thing I would like though is the ability to group community and posts together so posts and comments can be linked together and smaller instances can get use without shovelling everyone to a single point of failure larger instance.
So what you're saying is that you like the idea of online arguments? No, I can't follow everything you've said in the first bit. If you want to argue with someone online, go do it in DMs or wherever else. Not at the expense of the community, nobody here usually comes to read sissy slapfights that usually escalate into insults and escalates into spite-reporting which drives mods/admins angry.
The Fediverse should be learning as to what not to be. This kind of behavior was very frequent on Reddit and still continues today. There should be an end to that kind of thing.
"So what you're saying..." is such a tired meme, and the irony just piles on when you follow it up by strawmanning their argument.
Wanting to block someone else from seeing what you're writing on a public forum is straight-up petty. Blocking as it works right now already does exactly what it's supposed to: it stops the other user from engaging with you further. They can still interact with your posts, but you won't know about it.
If blocking worked the way you described, it wouldn't just affect you and the other person - it'd screw over everyone else on the platform too. For example, someone spewing utter bullshit could block everyone fact-checking them, and suddenly those corrections vanish for the whole audience.
Plus, it'd be ridiculously easy to circumvent. Making a new account takes a few minutes, or just log out and boom - you're unblocked again.
Oh god, the word salad. Not even going to try with you.