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Is it improper to do "Disengage" too early in a discussion? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago by ButtBidet@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I'm just middle aged and lost all energy for unproductive discussions. The second another poster posts something genuinely hostile, like "touch grass" kinda shit, I'm just done talking. Also if we're six comments in and the other guy won't even admit to being wrong to the thing he said on comment one, despite me doing twenty minutes of research to prove conclusively that he's wrong, I don't want to waste another second of my life on him.

I gotta have 10% of the "disengage" comments on this site.

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[–] macerated_baby_presidents@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

reminding everyone that the disengage rule was made before blocking worked. Be generous with your comm and user blocks, life is short.

[–] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I wish blocking worked better, you can still see when blocked users have replied. And blocked users can still see and comment on your posts all the same, doesn't feel nice.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And blocked users can still see and comment on your posts all the same, doesn't feel nice.

As long as you don't actually see the comments, I would say this is a good thing because you can see the loser coping and seething at your comments while you've long since moved on with your life.

[–] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You can't see the comments directly, but you will see "x more replies" which means a blocked user replied. Which is very annoying.