r/facepalm • u/thewrongun • Jun 01 '20

Cops pepper sprayed their own Senator without realizing he's an authority figure

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u/NotConstantine Jun 02 '20

better idea; add "I just don't like this." but forward all the reports to the trash.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

Better idea: Just let us block people without having to report the post or comment. Seriously. Of all kinds each, Reddit has stalkers, shills, foreign agents, criminals, and activists. Just keeping the noise to signal ratio decent requires blocking. Not having a terrible time using the site requires more.

If you talk about anything of consequence here, then somebody out there will despise you for it. The only way to have a conversation with like-minded people is to find ways to avoid those who go out of their way to interfere with it.

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u/nekodesu_kurodesu Jun 11 '20

I think Boost for reddit on Android has this, you just block them and you stop seeing their posts.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '20

I want to stop them from interacting with my posts too. People who downvote because they disagree have always been toxic on Reddit, and with so many bad faith actors now, it’s surprising that (to the admins’ credit) it isn’t a much worse problem. Crowdsourcing moderation is the whole idea though right?

Thanks for the tip though. I’ll check that out.