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As obvious and uncontroversial as this comic may seem, the message still needs to be said.
I really don’t think it does.
And you saying that is why it does need to be said.
You’re really going to town in here, aren’t you?
Care to elaborate? Or are we edging “I just don’t like that my opinion is bad and people have the right to tell me fuck off”?
It’s something we already know, and it’s said often enough that it’s common knowledge.
Like I said in another comment, most of her comics I react to with a “no shit”. She’s stating the obvious.
“Commom Knowledge” isn’t comon among a LOT of idiots this comic is aimed at.
Assuming it was common knowledge to don’t be a nazi is how we got all these nazis running around
I really hope these comics don’t surge here like they did on reddit. It’s not wrong, it’s just such low effort. Its just pandering.
Maybe youre leaning more towards its a circlejerk? But I mean if its a circlejerk about disowning naxis and other annoying people I say pass the grease
Circlejerk, preaching to the choir, stating the obvious, whatever you want to call it.
the message still needs to be said.
No it doesn’t, because this shit is just ragebait.
Uh… to whom?
How? It says nothing rageworthy
Another daring and controversial take from Pizzacake.
I don’t mind pizzacake commics, but at this point just seeing the art style is enough to get me pre-emptivly upset at how stupid and insane the comment section is going to be.
That’s why I blocked her.
I see it and just sigh because I know nobody will talk about the actual comic it will just be about how shitty of a person she is for X reason.
I’m unfamiliar, this is the first thing of hers I’ve encountered and I thought it fun enough to post here. Is there one of those Reasons people don’t like her?
There’s a long story involving her threatening legal action against a subreddit over people parodying her work, overall she seems to be a very thin skinned individual that doesn’t take criticism well.
Her work also just isn’t very good, in my view. Her art style is incredibly bland, and her positions on various topics are just the biggest “no shit” moments you can imagine.
To be fair, if the biggest critiques of an internet celeb was that they were thin-skinned and their takes aren’t very spicy then I take that as a win in today’s environment. Hell even being “sort of an asshole” is pretty good by today’s standards.
It could be worse, but then again, people wouldn’t be posting her work all the time if she’d done something truly awful.
Instead she makes bland dross that confirms people’s opinions, and people think she’s actually creative as a result.
She’s an example of a normal person becoming famous and having to navigate those waters without a team.
You’re a wonderful example of an outside critic without consideration. I’m thankful I’m just a nobody like you, because these critiques upset me even when I’m not involved whatsoever.
I wasn’t aware I had to be an artist to criticise Pizzacake.
And even without the drama on Reddit, which I don’t particularly care about, her work is extremely bland and unimaginative.
Lots of posts on Lemmy are bland and unimaginative. I don’t feel the need to comment as such in each and every one of them.
You do you, I guess.
You don’t have to be an artist to criticize her, just like I don’t have to be a critic to recognize bandwagoning. People shit on her because it’s popular, not because of good reasons.
Continue to manifest reddit drama here, and argue for shitting on people. I’ll take my downvotes for standing up for artists. There are literally hundreds of bigger problems we should be speaking up about, this comic artist is not one of them.
Explain the difference between bandwagoning and the majoroty of people sharing the same opinion.
Have you considered the possibility everyone is criticising her because she genuinely sucks?
posts nude photos of Nurse_Robot punting a basket of puppies
You swore you’d never post that photo, I only kicked that basket because you said it was the only way you could get off
She does, however, sell nude pictures on her patron.
Gentlemen, I think I’ve found my next job. Now, if only I was good looking…
You could always paint your toenails and sell foot pics.
I mean…I wouldn’t know…
I’d have to shave my feet and get a pedicure as well, since I don’t think there is much of a market for male hobbit feet
🤔
Thanks, SatansMaggotyCumFart. You’ve shown us the audience that shits on artists
I honestly don’t think she’s into that.
We won’t know unless we ask though
It’s not like the community here shits on all artists regularly, it’s just the one.
Bullying someone because everyone else does it still doesn’t make it cool dude
Lol of course it would be satansmaggotycumfart to share this tidbit
Which is very weird, but whatever.
That’s not true, we also insult her half assed art style and middle of the road takes.
Case in point.
They’re literally criticizing the content of the comics and not her person, it’s the exact opposite of “case in point”
Maybe because the comics rarely have any substance to talk about. Besides, I don’t want to see or support someone’s work when they threaten people with litigation for making fun of and criticizing their comics
I’m out of the loop, what’s the pizza cake drama?
All I know is she posts lewds to her Patreon and has lots of simps
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I fail to understand why posting a pair of tits is such a controversial thing to do. Maybe I’m too European to lose my marbles over some nipples.
I fail to understand why posting a pair of tits is such a controversial thing to do
Pizzacake makes a lot of feminist leaning comics which heavily criticize the patriarchy, male objectification of women and “creepy” men who comment sexual things towards women.
In light of that, a lot of people find it hypocritical that she’d sell pictures of herself online for dudes to jerk off to when that’s the exact opposite audience her comics tries to appeal to.
When the leak first happened, she presented the narrative as though her consent was violated and she was being sexually harassed by having private nudes released. When people found out that she was selling the photos publicy for money, suddenly it became aparent we werent talking about sexual abuse we were talking about piracy. It got a lot of people irritated for having been mislead, and then they started asking why the photos were there in the first place.
If she knows that she is the target of harassment campaigns, a lot of people are confused as to why she would post her nudes in a public space and not expect them to leak.
Given the fact she is a public figure who regularly makes comics out of her children, regularly gets doxxed and is targetted by hate, you would expect her to be a bit smarter about what she puts online. She’s been online for years but seeks to lack basic understanding of cause and effect online (or else she understands it all too well and plays the victim perfectly to promote herself by baiting outrage incredibly effectively).
The part of it that bothers me personally is that there are kids involved and there is a 100% chance that all the kids at her son’s school know and have looked up these nudes and her son probably gets bullied about it.
She has children so she has to be a paragon of virtue?
What?
A “paragon of virtue” is a person who is considered a perfect example of goodness and moral excellence. It implies they possess a high degree of admirable qualities like honesty, kindness, and justice, making them a role model of good character. The phrase is often used to describe someone who is perceived as flawless or exceptionally virtuous.
I never used this term sorry, I’m not sure what you’re reading.
She has
childrenan online business so she has tobe a paragon of virtuehave basic OPSEC?Yes, everyone should practice OPSEC, but a public “celebrity” who’s sole business is online doubly so.
Operations security (OPSEC) is a process that identifies critical information to determine whether friendly actions can be observed by enemy intelligence, determines if information obtained by adversaries could be interpreted to be useful to them, and then executes selected measures that eliminate or reduce adversary exploitation of friendly critical information.
A parent should simply include their kids in the calculus.
Like the green knight, for example.
pizzacake is a woman with opinions. misogynists hate her for that. One time, she didn’t handle that very well. Lots of people got banned on reddit. Now people here mostly bitch about her comics being “low effort” and such, which mostly just reveals “I don’t have a legit argument to hate this person so I’m going to pointlessly criticise her work instead.”
As I’ve said in another comment, if some rando did the same scenario in ragemaker and posted it, everyone would be all over how relatable it is.
That said, it is possibly to simply not like the artstyle, or to not find the scenario relatable, or whatever criticism a person might have. Divorced of context, those criticisms sound valid. With context though, it becomes obvious that it is popular to persecute pizzacake.
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She has an only fans??! o.O zomg
Thanks lemmy566567 for letting me know! I’ll check it out right now!I only hear about her onlyfans from people who don’t like her because she has an onlyfans. You advertise more than she does.
persecute
Y’all have got to join us in reality.
Yes, there are some misogynists who hate pizzacake because she is a woman exercising her agency.
That is not the majority of pushback against her, just the most disgusting and vocal.
The vast majority of criticism of pizzacake is towards her lack of punchlines, constant strawmanning, the unbelievable sycophants who follow and worship her and have turned the relevant subreddit into basically /r/ChurchofPizzacake, and for pizzacake’s pattern of poor behavior in interactions on reddit and elsewhere.
There is a lot of grossness surrounding the entire pizzacake topic, yes, that’s undeniable. But to effectively chalk up all or most of the criticism as misogyny when a healthy majority of it sticks to the content of her comics or conduct in direct interactions rather than any extracurricular activities she may engage in, is just disingenuous as fuck.
I should clarify, I’m not claiming that everyone who is criticizing pizzacake is a misogynist. I am however saying that it is popular among misogynists to bully women artists and call it “criticism”, thus, the presence of certain kinds of criticism indicates an increased likelihood that the “critic” is actually a misogynist, even if the criticisms at face value are legitimate.
I shouldn’t need to have a law degree to write a comment in a comics forum.
Ah, I remember having these arguments about whether Star Wars 7 should have let Rey be a woman. Uh, I mean, a Mary Sue.
The parallels are stark indeed. Divorced of context, it’s perfectly reasonable to accept the argument that Rey is a poorly written character (because she is). Normal, well adjusted people were able to accept that the sequel trilogy sucks for numerous reasons, Rey being a poorly written character being one of them, and then move on. The problem with this criticism isn’t the criticism itself, but rather the people who bang on and on and on about it reveal that they didn’t have a problem with the writing, they had a problem with a female character having agency.
“Mind what people do, not just what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.”
turned the relevant subreddit into basically /r/ChurchofPizzacake…
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I’m not on Reddit, I don’t care what the subreddit is like.
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fans of [thing] are on the subreddit of [thing] saying how much they like [thing]?! I guess I should hate everything then!
Your grasping at straws here man.
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For some reason PCC:s supporters never mention that she threatened to sue a subreddit for making fun of her comics. “One time she didn’t handle that very well” that’s putting it very mildly. PC is just toxic
Is that what the narrative is now? I think the critics would have mentioned it last time, they were very thorough and even cited sources.
Which tier of her patron do you subscribe to?
My dude, are you calling me a simp? I didn’t know she had a patreon before today, and I wouldn’t be a subscriber even if I did. There’s infinite porn available for free. Everything I know about pizzacake is from the comment sections (and included links) of the last 3 times one of her comics made it into my feed. I have some basic reading and comprehension skills, so it’s not hard for me to quickly see exactly what’s going on here.
I’m not your dude, guy.
My apologies for calling you a dude against your will.
Also, Guy is my father, but that’s besides the point.
The rest of my comment still stands.
She is a proud misandrist and a camgirl. Also the punchline of most of her comics is that impotent rage allows her to yell louder than any opinions she disagrees with.
her comics are
midmediocre and you will catch a ban if you say that in r/comicsTo be fair “your comic sucks” is kind of a dickish thing to comment.
Excuse me, I thought mid meant something along the lines of mediocre, not suck.
It does and doesn’t.
It means ‘middle’, but to be ‘middle’ in a world of greats is to be lame and worth very little.
Think about it this way: when someone says something sucks, no one ever corrects them “nah, it’s mid,” like in a positive way.
It wasn’t intended to be either a slight or a compliment.
to be ‘middle’ in a world of greats is to be lame and worth very little
If you ain’t first, you’re last? Nah. That don’t make no sense.
I’m being hyperbolic.
And you were correct
It does.
I wasn’t aware we’re bringing Reddit dramas to fester on Lemmy
I’ll try not to let it happen again.
Bringing pizzacake to Lemmy and not expecting her sycophants to follow is like stealing a block of cheese from a rat and not expecting it to follow you.
That’s her biggest platform by far, so I think what they said is fair game. Does Mastodon never talk about what happens on Twitter or BlueSky? The fact Reddit is a cesspool doesn’t mean we should pretend it doesn’t exist.
It doesn’t mean we should imitate them either
But we’re not…? Someone just asked “what’s the drama?” and someone matter-of-factly said what the drama is. What makes you think anything here is imitating Reddit?
Its kind of a dick move to start writing hate comments under a comic that you find mildy displeasing.
Yeah, I agree.
Yeah, if you have like… actual constructive feedback go for it, but “this is mid/low effort” really isn’t helpful
I’m here to tell you I just dislike the comic itself, I don’t even know about any controversy. I see that shit, I close it and downvote. Nearly as bad as Family Circus.
Don’t know what family circus is but yeah I don’t really like her comics and would much rather discuss why instead of talking about the unrelated BS.
Yeah. I recommend a drink.
Same. I have no problem with her or her comics. But whenever I see one being posted, I sigh and ponder whether to open the clusterfuck that the comment section will be.
take it from someone who knew better and did it anyway, don’t engage the clusterfuck.
Just did that a minute ago.
Well this goes both ways
it does. the trolls never want to block people though. if they did, they wouldn’t have anyone to play with.
True, but isn’t that the definition of a totalitarian?
Free speech means you don’t get arrested for it, doesn’t mean anyone is required to listen
No, free speech means you have the right to speak, if you’re talking about some government I don’t know of it is irrelevant.
It still doesn’t mean the right to be listened
It does mean people have the right to hear, and When high profile people are able to censor it is taking away from the open market of ideas as much as any government, sure, you specifically do not have to argue anything, and I am ok with that but it is a fine line to censorship, including for other political powers or corporations, it happens in real life with real influencers all the time.
A person refusing to waste time on a troll has literally, fundamentally, and atomically nothing to do with totalitarianism
This would be true if exactly the two people are involved but after that you are not the only one affected, also who is to say they are a troll or have a valid opinion? If it is an individual then that is definitionally a totalitarian.
People are in control of what they see. It’s their lemmy. Block away! Or ban if you run a instance/community.
Whatever
Fair point, but the traffic compared to the vast majority of socal networks is irrelevant to say the least.
I love it when you bunch come out with your whataboutisms and other bs on PCC posts.
it makes it so much easier to block you.
And I love it when you bunch come out with censorship immediately proving my point.
Sure, in a wildly extreme version of it and only when the goverment does it. So, basically not at all.
Many of the people who demand “debate” have no real interest in engaging properly, they just want to spew their shit without consequence. People are getting really tired of it and having to constantly do the legwork for them since they’re not even willing to try a little bit or even learn when obvious facts are presented in their little “debates”.
First things first, what is a government? Because many corporations have more soft and hard power than the majority of all governments through history, the same can be said about certain influencers, is it simply the Monopoly on violence? Because that seems awfully arbitrary and means any bully is a government, I would argue the principal behind it is far more important than some arbitrary definition of government that even international bodies don’t agree on.
Second thing second, sure, many, people argue in bad faith, many are improper many are etc but certainly not all and certainly not every influencer or company should be the absolute arbiter of Truth and moral.
“there are some similarities so they are the same because it supports my argument”
“What is government” oh my god it’s a comic you pea-brained pseudo-intellectual. Actually just shut the fuck up.
Oh no, I’m being totalitarian!
It is just a comic, just like trump is just joking about Tariffs and infact the very idea of him ever getting elected is a meme and a joke, or the Flat Earth theory, that is sooooo funny, or how about the Tide Pod challenge, wasn’t that funny??? Or remember all that time ago when school shootings were a Joke? Wasn’t that sooooooooo funny ??? 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
Don’t feed the troll. Block it instead.
The Alt text on this is really well done. I’m going to use it as my example when I berate folks for not doing it.
Lovely. Thanks!
I appreciate that, thank you!
when I berate folks for not doing it
At least you know you’re a dick
Why is this marked as nsfw?
because some users on here are triggered by PCC and are dealing with feelings of inferiority and have contempt for an artist that refuses to put up with their bullshit.
ironically, it’s pretty much this comic.
how can anyone dislike pizzacake, especially on leftist lemmy?
It’s low hanging fruit, that’s why. My reaction to most of her content is “no shit”
Also, her art style is just incredibly bland and uninteresting.
that’s one way to say you haven’t seen many of her comics
Or people don’t want to see stuff from someone who threatens people with litigation for making fun of their comics
Always crickets when it comes to legitimate criticism that doesn’t align with their belief that the only reason anyone could ever possibly dislike pizzacake is because she’s a woman.
I’ve only seen this artist reposted on lemmy and never knew the first thing about her other than her comics being pretty bland and art unimpressive despite being frequently posted, what is going on with all these people white knighting for her?? If you like her, cool. If you don’t like her, also cool?? What is the problem here??
The closest thing to “harassing” I’ve witnessed is of those with fairly reasonable criticism of the comic presented to us, accusing them of harassing an artist that isn’t even on this platform.
Can you give me a quick overview of the situation?
Do you remember when Star Wars Episode 7 came out and droves of people had very serious and legitimate criticisms of Rey being a Mary Sue not clearly motivated by Rey and Finn being women and black “DEI hires”? Because I do.
Harassment is a bit more complicated than whether the criticisms seem legitimate or not. Another example: “forced bussing” was an argument republicans invented years ago to appeal to racists who were no longer allowed to say the n-word publically. But that argument was really about “safety,” of course, obviously.
What does this have to do with Pizzacake? I dunno. I do know that posting a comic of hers is a remarkably effective way of getting lemmy’s beehive to start buzzing.
Is it? I’ve never seen this before and seen lots of this artist’s comics posted here. It does seem it’s just as much one side as it is the other though.
Also I understand the concept of
fear mongeringveiled bigotry. That doesn’t even remotely appear to be what is happening here and, not to be overly pearl clutch-y, but as somebody with intimate knowledge of this history I honestly find the comparison to the civil rights era insulting. People expressing their dislike of an artist with questionable behavior on the internet is not the same thing as politicians in the real world using fear tactics as a fig leaf for their racist goals of preventing black people from fully integrating into american society.I understand you mean well but this doesn’t really answer for me why the defensiveness is so over the top.
Does your intimate knowledge of the civil rights era include how people use issues in euphemism to lie about what actually motivates them? You know, the whole reason I even brought up that example.
I’ve never seen this before
That doesn’t even remotely appear to be what is happening here
Okay, realize for a moment that the fig leaf strategy is specifically meant to capture people like you. I know it doesn’t seem that way; that’s the point of them hiding their intent. I’m not critiquing their points, I’m asking why they’re spending so much energy on this. I’ve seen lots of comics I don’t like. I scroll past them.
Here’s a question: Gamergate. Was Anita Sarkeesian really that bad a journalist? Or did people hyper-fixate on her shortcomings for months longer than necessary as a way of damaging the reputations of her and feminism broadly?
You and I both know now, today, that gamergate was bullshit. But did people—maybe you’re very special, but I don’t mean you, I mean people—know back then that “ethics in games journalism” is not really what those people were upset about? Because I don’t know if you remember, but gamergate was pretty popular for a while.
this doesn’t really answer for me why the defensiveness is so over the top
I think they’re attacking a woman they don’t like. That’s in the subtext of my other comment.
Uh, they spent the small amount of energy it takes to leave a few comments on the internet because the same painfully unfunny comic strip keeps coming up in their feed and they don’t understand where the popularity comes from? That’s why I’m here at least. Lemmy is still relatively small, I don’t get that many posts to interact with. If it’s so much energy to spend, then I’m fundamentally asking the same question as you. Why are these people spending so much of their energy defending her?
I don’t see why it has to be anything more than that and I really don’t appreciate the condescension, to suggest that I’ve fallen for some rhetorical manipulation that you think you’re somehow immune from. Yes, I was also here on the internet when those things were happening. It’s not that I don’t understand it, it’s that this is not that. There are legitimate reasons to dislike this person and their comics.
Do you really think that being annoying like this; suggesting that any and all criticism towards any woman on the internet simply must be based on her gender; is going to dispel negative attention from actual sexists? Do you really think that you aren’t gonna get a lot of false positives, from people simply expressing their legitimate criticisms on a platform specifically made for the purpose, and push those people away from whatever your message is by presuming to know what they are thinking and aggressively using that to condescend to them and dismiss anything they have to say?
Also yes, it was very obvious even to the least politically engaged person that gamergate was about sexism. Yes, even as it was happening. That’s like the whole reason people took part in it. They knew what they were doing just as well as the people calling them on it and were pretty open about their sexism. They weren’t career politicians trying to pander to a racist base without sparking major backlash, so they could quietly pass laws to prevent integration; they were gamers having their little boys club on the internet, being flagrantly sexist and bad faith. What even is this line of reasoning??
If you like this person as an artist and identify with the comic you can just say that and engage normally, if you don’t then why would you go out of your way to defend them and suggest that their gender has anything to do with it? You don’t have to keep explaining the same point, I know what you’re saying and I disagree.
You’re hilarious.
“why did you block me we’re trying to have a debate”
“because i want to shitpost about doctor who on twitter not debate some random dick about how they think i shouldn’t exist”
Until these comments I didn’t know there was any drama around PizzaCake but goddamn this comic … content, its content.
I’m not even sure this counts as drama. These people are addicted to wallowing in negativity. Gives me r/questionablecontent vibes, a subreddit about a webcomic where people purport to hate it but continue reading it every day just so they can get mad about it.
Like, I strongly dislike the Far Side, but despite how frequently it gets upvoted I don’t go into every comment section to talk about why. I just blocked the sub and scroll past it when it shows up in other subs. The behavior in these threads is pathetic.
wait, people hate Questionable Content? fucking why?
Hate is a strong word, but it wasn’t really that interesting after a while.
I can’t really make an argument against that, considering that I stopped reading it years ago. Although I’ll deflect blame and say that was due to my rss reader of choice being killed (google reader), so I stopped reading webcomics in general about that time.
I can understand why people might not like it. In effect, it’s a sitcom with a gimmick, and there’s tons of those on television (I actively despise all of them). I’ll defend questionable content though because it has a setting and cast of characters that I’ve become invested in. However, I can see what it is, and I understand that it’s not for everyone.
However, however, CONTEXT, specifically this conversation. People are allegedly hating on Jeph Jacques over on /r/questionablecontent just as hard as people are hating on pzzacake here. And to that I reiterate: fucking why?
edit: it helps if I do words in the right order.
Soap opera in comic form is exactly how I thought about the comic after a while. But yes, actively hating it is a bit harsh.
Just looked at the comic for the first time in years, and I am massively impressed by how his artistic skills have improved. Look at the current page vs page 1. If I didn’t know better, I would not believe that it was done by the same person.
Why on earth would you hate the Far Side?
The art is awful and the jokes are either literal nonsense or annoyingly simple. Same kinda stuff being said in this thread. Same reasons anyone dislikes a comic. Just doesn’t resonate. I can’t say why people decide some stupid shit works for them and other stupid shit doesn’t.
It’s definitely absurd, that’s very much the point.
And that’s the punchline
As a leftist, as a progressive, I long for a world where I never have to see these comics again. It’s not that I disagree with them, they’re just so goddamn annoying and low hanging fruit shit
So downvote and move on. The moaning about her is even more dull and repetitive.
Droll means amusing. You might have meant dull instead
Yeah, that’d be autocorrect.
“droll and repetitive” is some serious projection my apparently terminally online friend. I’ve never heard of this artist before in my life
If some rando did this exact scenario in ragemaker and posted it, with no connection to pizzacake, everyone would be talking about how relatable it is. I’d wager you’d be included in that ‘everyone’.
And then if that rando did it every day for like five years, I’d get tired of their shit too.
except the situation you’re describing is not happening.
Well that’s kind of the point. It’s low hanging fruit because everyone agrees with it. No one thinks you are obligated to argue with others, which is the straw man’s position. It’s not that you don’t have a right to block critics, the question is “When is it a good idea?”.
It sounds like a lot of people think the author does it too liberally, which can lead to an echo chamber. Most people would say creating a lawsuit against your critics is also an overreaction, but people have also been saying she gets harassed a lot. That makes it more reasonable if true.
It’s been fascinating seeing this platform slowly turn against Pizzacake as more of her stuff gets posted.
People I block don’t deserve my energy more like. In social media sites that differentiate between blocking and muting I usually mute because they might learn something from me.
I’ve never blocked anyone. 14 years of reddit and now Lemmy and there has never been a reason to. I find it weird when people do it.
I get it if someone is harrasing you, but an anonymous disagreement? Meh, whatever. If I am done I just quit responding and move on.
I suppose being online since the 80’s gives you a little bit of perspective. Don’t feed the trolls, everyone is a liar, and nothing anyone says matters unless you want it to.
And never use social media.
The only weirdo I know that blocks people left and right is one that signs every comment with a “no AI license” thingy. Anyone that correctly comments how that’s useless/pointless because bots ignore that is blocked
pizzacake has been critical of alt-right chuds, and as such, is a target of harassment…
you can just move on, this person is being followed… big differences.
trolls will latch onto people and dox and harass them for years… blocking early and often is a good idea.I get that this is a specific experience. It just made me think about how so many people go for the block button on silly sites like this one…
how would you know that unless you get blocked a lot on “silly” sites like this? if it’s so silly, why are you wasting your time on it?
I block people liberally. I agree 100% with the comic. And blocking idiots is good for my health.
I have seen people have some obnoxious weird idea about one thing and be brilliant about another. Not everyone, some are just trolls, but some people are really. Good at something interesting and have stupid ideas about others.
I am not so quick to just write everyone off, but I also find it easy to just not read things I don’t care about.
Yeah, same here. I just don’t see the need to block people. Some might have a different opinion on one topic than me, but be no in agreement or have something worthwile to say on another.
If I was activly harassed or anything, I’d use the block function to protect myself from that. Never had to do that so far.
I had a long time on Reddit also and I haven’t ever blocked anyone either. But I have blocked subreddits and communities here.
There’s a couple I’ve blocked, because they’re simply incapable of having any type of discussion unless you’re rabidly in agreement with them, and they immediately turn to insulting anyone who disagrees.
Anybody who immediatelly starts insulting others gets blocked.
I’m not interested in watching somebody’s public self-masturbation shows: insulting others achieves nothing but give those doing the insulting the pleasure of thinking that they’re hurting others - it won’t convince the person they’re replying to and it won’t convince the audience (since an insult is as much an argument for a viewpoint as a punching somebody’s face), so directly insulting random strangers is only for the pleasure of those doing it.
Further, people whose default reaction to disagreeing with others is to try and hurt them don’t really deserve any of my time.
Being deep down in an argument, losing one’s patience and ending up throwing insults is one thing, just being obnoxious and insulting from the get go is something else altogether and betrays a very different kind of character, one that there is no point in listening to.
I guess I just don’t read it. It’s that simple.
You have to read some of it until you get to the insults and mentally go “Oh, it’s one of those”, unless you have a mental list of usernames for those people in Lemmy (in all fairness, they’re very few) or use an interface were you can tag users and see the tags (but tagging or blocking is about the same amount of work).
I got some of the stalinist people like cowbee blocked because they are extremely annoying.
Some people make it clear that their ideas are not worth entering my head.
That’s when they get the easy-block.
I’ll block anybody I see posting ai crap regularly. I want to see as little of that garbage as possible.
it’s annoying when power users contribute 90% quality content and 10% slop
Why is this nsfw?
Try blocking your boss and see how it goes
