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Not sure I like this though. That kinda stuff can just as easily be used to enforce echo chambers and censorship.
I think its good because some users really want that feature. But i think on by default for every user could encourages users to run multiple burner style accounts which is a huge problem for moderation and doesnt solve the problem users try to solve from tagging.
Example you might have me tagged as a Nazi because you dont want to interact or be subtly influenced by my less blatant comments. However if I knew everyone did this then I'd run one account for the blatant stuff and one account for blending in.
Its why I'm kind of against platform banning users instead of having individual blocks. Its better to bad actors known and operating in the open than to have them hiding and avoiding moderation.
As Shaun puts it:
Sorry, Shaun who? 😅
You don't know Shaun? How come?
(I don't know either)
Maybe Shaun, the leftist skull on YouTube? I don't recognize the quote but it seems like something he'd say and based on Lemmy's politics I'd bet he's popular here.