Blocking someone over mild disagreements is a symptom of social media trauma.
Too many people have been victims of targeted online harassment, or have found themselves in communities where members are frequently combative and purposely hurtful in their posts.
It stands to reason that people who have experienced this are defensive. But if you block everyone who disagrees with you, then you have constructed an echo chamber.
We can disagree yet still be kind to each other. Give it a chance.
@voltronic nobody is owed my time or energy. I don't block people for having differing opinions, but folks who comfortably use slurs are not people I want to give any energy to at all, similarly folks who "disagree" with my existence. I have respectful discussions with friends about things we don't agree on but if it was something that deeply conflicted with my values and was causing me distress, I would drop the friendship. I apply this to social media as well. Be kind, but not a doormat.
@silhouettic
All that makes sense, and clearly not the kind of interaction I'm referring to.
@voltronic understood, it's just something on my mind at the moment 😊