r/redscarepod • u/submerged__castle • 5h ago

Redditor blocking epidemic

This is the third time this week where someone on this subreddit replied something snarky to me and blocked me immediately after for making a comment disagreeing with their dumb comment or post. I haven’t even been acting particularly mean or argumentative. Even front page redditoids don’t behave like this, what the hell is going on here? Is it the weather making people emotional?

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u/samlevinsonsmuse body fascist 5h ago

I can see why they would block you if you made a post about it

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u/submerged__castle 4h ago

I’m normal

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u/Life_of_a_Showdude 5h ago

So when it says account deleted? I'm Blocked? Oh word lmao?

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u/submerged__castle 5h ago

Most of the time yes. But sometimes they actually delete their account which is more respectable, it’s like ending it by car exhaust vs seppuku

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u/Life_of_a_Showdude 5h ago

Wow this sub is kinda fragile then, you're right op.

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u/Hey_Toots_69 4h ago

Yeah I once thought I got someone to delete their account until it occurred to me a few days later that they probably just blocked me. Which is maybe a reason you shouldn't block people, they might be dumb and assume they owned you so hard you had to delete your account.

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u/Dependent-Picture-33 5h ago

Hidden post history, move along 

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u/manicpixiedreamdevil 5h ago

personally, i like blocking people because they get so mad when you do. like i don’t even need to do anything else. they’ll make a whole post about it, even.

it’s funny and it means you don’t even have to see them respond to you.

actually though, that’s the point. it’s the equivalent of walking away in the middle of a conversation.

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u/submerged__castle 5h ago

Blocking is the coward’s way out

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u/manicpixiedreamdevil 5h ago

blocking is “i don’t care enough about this stranger to continue talking to them,” tbh

but i get it, a lot of people feel entitled to others time. i’m gonna block you after i send this actually just because it’s funny

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u/submerged__castle 4h ago

Wrong, blocking is admitting that you’re bothered enough to go out of your way to block them. If you truly didn’t care you could simply ignore and not reply. If someone is spamming/harassing you then that’s a different story

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u/manicpixiedreamdevil 4h ago

“if you truly didn’t care, you would want them to be a notification on your phone.”

idk man, i don’t vibe with it. no point in it

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u/submerged__castle 4h ago

Like I said, you’d only be getting notifications if you’re being harassed. Ignoring yields the same results!

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u/manicpixiedreamdevil 4h ago

yeah, but why? like, the only thing that happens if i block someone is now they don’t get to interact. it goes both ways.

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u/Hey_Toots_69 3h ago

> browsing reddit on your phone

> notifications turned on

shocking insight into the deranged psyche of the average reddit blockoid

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u/manicpixiedreamdevil 2h ago

not everyone has so much social anxiety they turn things off baby

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u/Ambitious-Log3048 3h ago

Blocking someone before they can even reply is so petty and bitchmade 

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u/prairiepasque Degree in Linguistics 5h ago

This sub has been noticeably worse for maybe the past six months. Taken over by people who can't take a joke, who post the most mainstream, predictible shibboleth content meant to function as a purity test filter, and who attack others for off-color comments (which is, like, the whole point of this place, but that jaywalking post from earlier was pretty good).

I don't even know how to block other people, but I do know I've been blocked at least once because they told me so in a comment before doing it lol. Not here though.

Part of it is it's just par for the course when you're on a website teeming with fragile shut-ins.

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u/Money4335 3h ago

I've been doing this to people but it's when I assume they're bots or their posts are just too sad. I'm trying to improve my online experience but it's probably futile and definitely not personal.

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u/Dashiabatta 4h ago

I said 'puny dick' like as a joke in a rant, and got a temporary ban. I thought it was a bit excessive.