artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Jul 6, 2016 16:05:17 GMT
I don't block people and I don't get blocking people. I come here to read different view points. If I don't feel like reading ultra conservative or ultra liberal views that day, I ignore the political thread. If I know someone is mean just to be mean, I skip over their post. Every once in awhile someone will surprise you.
My biggest issue is people who gang up on other people, or are out to get certain peas. I always have to sit on my hands so I don't engage.
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May 19, 2024 1:14:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2016 16:47:15 GMT
Today I was reading posts by a couple of folks on this board and decided enough and blocked them. I never thought I would block a member on this board. I always I felt I could just scroll on by if I didn't like their attitude. But too many times I would read these individuals posts and end up grumbling to myself. It was probably a good thing for me to block these individuals but I still feel like I kind of failed somehow as well. Um, if you're taking the board so seriously you feel like a failure, I think you need a serious break from the board to reevaluate your life priorities. Nope. It's as simple as I said. I have always felt that rather then putting someone on ignore I could just scroll on by. In most cases I do. But not always so rather then get annoyed with these individuals I decided to use the help provided on this board and put them on ignore. It's just that I thought I would never have to use the "ignore" button. Today I'm ok with it.
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 6, 2016 18:56:12 GMT
I've blocked two people...didn't feel weird. The way I look at it is I come here to interact not to be attacked. I don't deal with those people in real life and I refuse to deal with them here. This is exactly how I feel. I also blocked two people.
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Post by KikiPea on Jul 6, 2016 18:57:54 GMT
I don't feel strange about it at all. The person I have blocked is blocked because of the rude crap she spews, and I'd rather not have to read that.
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Post by KikiPea on Jul 6, 2016 19:00:11 GMT
I don't block people and I don't get blocking people. I come here to read different view points. There are different points of view, then there is just being bitchy. I don't need to read bitchiness. Unfortunately, she's hard to just "skip over", so I don't have a problem blocking her.
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LeaP
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Location: Los Angeles, CA where 405 meets 101
Jun 26, 2014 23:17:22 GMT
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Post by LeaP on Jul 6, 2016 19:11:04 GMT
Scroll, scroll, scroll when I see a troll. I do understand the impulse to block. In a strange way it gives you power over those that infuriate you. On the other hand it eliminates the opportunity to poke the bear should you feel like it.
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 6, 2016 19:16:22 GMT
I don't block people because I don't want to read their posts. I block them as a reminder it's pointless to engage with them. It isn't hard to click unblock and read what they say. Ninety percent of the time, after reading the post, it's validation I made the right decision.
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May 19, 2024 1:14:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2016 21:44:31 GMT
Scroll, scroll, scroll when I see a troll. I do understand the impulse to block. In a strange way it gives you power over those that infuriate you. On the other hand it eliminates the opportunity to poke the bear should you feel like it. Well, in the past we had a troll who loved to make announcements like this that she had put people on ignore, but she also had the perfect way around her need to "poke the bear". All she had to do was claim her device didn't work with the ignore feature so she just couldn't help herself in "poking the bear".
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jul 7, 2016 0:16:02 GMT
I haven't blocked anyone and can't imagine I ever will. There are posts I scroll past and some posts started by a particular pea that I figure won't be my cup of tea. But scrolling or not opening a topic work for me. I've learned something at some point even from peas I don't agree with. But I also don't understand people that feel bad because of other people's positive Facebook posts.
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Post by auntkelly on Jul 7, 2016 0:18:07 GMT
I've never blocked anybody, but I don't think I'd feel strange about it if I did.
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~Lauren~
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Jun 26, 2014 3:33:18 GMT
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jul 7, 2016 2:20:47 GMT
I have two or three people blocked. I don't feel strange about it at all.
ETA, they're not the people you'd probably think.
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Post by *KAS* on Jul 7, 2016 2:36:47 GMT
I've never had that feeling because I've never blocked anyone. I just don't understand the concept. I picture two little kids, one jumping up and down yelling; the other with eyes closed, their hands over their ears, going "LALALALALA I can't hear you!" It's not that dramatic for me. I have a few people on ignore. I've seen enough to know that in real life, I wouldn't engage with them. I wouldn't be rude. I would just ignore and/or interact with them as little as possible. So I do the same here. They wouldn't know that I'm avoiding them here any more than they do in real life.
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 7, 2016 3:52:04 GMT
I've never had that feeling because I've never blocked anyone. I just don't understand the concept. I picture two little kids, one jumping up and down yelling; the other with eyes closed, their hands over their ears, going "LALALALALA I can't hear you!" It's not that dramatic for me. I have a few people on ignore. I've seen enough to know that in real life, I wouldn't engage with them. I wouldn't be rude. I would just ignore and/or interact with them as little as possible. So I do the same here. They wouldn't know that I'm avoiding them here any more than they do in real life.
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Post by katieanna on Jul 7, 2016 12:55:48 GMT
Of course, maybe I'm one of them, and you'll never see this...hehe Interesting thread... I haven't blocked anyone (well, so far anyway) on this board although I had done so on the old one. After being around TwoPeas for so many years, whether actively participating or just reading through the threads, I've come to the conclusion that there will never come a time when all of us will see eye-to-eye. I've also come to know the posters whose posts I find offensive and I simply scroll on past. And I must say, that I've learned a lot here at TwoPeas over the years. I don't get as upset with it all as I had at one time, if that makes any sense, so for me, there is no need to block anyone. Of course, then we come to the election threads... now that's a whole other ballgame!
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