@dmcc0 I see. I do wonder if other users have me on an ignore or block list aside from that one person. I would say that I am sometimes a bit annoying on this site and I do post a bit too much about games that I like and I won’t shut up about it so I wonder if some people have me on a block list because of how annoying I can be sometimes or that I keep mentioning stuff that they are not interested in. If someone does mention something that does not seem interesting to me, I don’t block them and I just scroll to see other comments. I have become a bit less hung up on getting blocked and less sad about it, but I have a poor tendency to be very obsessive about stuff and worrying about it. I hope I don’t come off as annoying to you or anyone else on this site.
@Pastellioli Yeah I feel like people think I’m annoying sometimes, but even if I don’t like someone’s comments I don’t block them. I don’t like blocking people for their opinion because I don’t want just my own point of view. The only reason I would block is if someone was bullying me or something. Thankfully I haven’t really run into too many problems, most people here seem pretty nice!
@PikminMarioKirby Same too. I don’t really like blocking people for differing opinions they have, because I like to see different points of view, not to mention some people with different opinions have widened my perspective and let me see other sides of something. I think people being inconsiderate towards other opinions and only wanting people who share the same opinion as them is not a good thing to do, since it creates a echo chamber where other opinions are pretty much not welcome, plus I feel like it just shows off the personality of a person too. I would only use the block or ignore function if someone was super rude or hostile, but never on someone who has a different opinion, like they dislike a game that I enjoy a lot.
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I’ve likely been blocked by some due to the absurdist nonsense I sometimes put out there. I mean no harm by it; just hoping to bring some thematically relevant levity.
Ultimately, I decided to post less often and go back to lurking.
I can only imagine myself blocking someone if I felt that they were being repeatedly deliberately hateful.
I tend to ignore people (never block) and then when i happen across the ignore list, I either cant remember why, or don't care anymore, and I reverse it. 😆
to me, ignoring is just curating, but blocking is like punishing someone. Someone would have to be seriously bullying or threatening me for me to got that route ✌️ which has never happened to me here, thankfully.
A few have blocked me. The user already discussed, and one other for sure who seemed to block anyone that said they enjoyed the Hogwarts game.
Some people just can’t live in a world where two
Opposing or even different views exist.
Unfortunately the modern world creates bubbles and an angry mob mentality.
People like to only hear voices they agree with. It’s a shame as most of us actually agree… just sometimes misunderstand tone or certain situations.
Tolerance is a lost art. I’ve used block on a few websites (don’t think here) but only if someone is seriously putting me off logging on.
I’m all for opposing views. But personal attacks or hidden attacks.
Also not a fan of people saying a view and when it turns out to be wrong deleting it. If you said it own it and learn from it.
If blocking me made those folk happy or gave them a buzz - glad to help.
I’m here to post my views on whatever the thread is same as pure Xbox and push square I own all three and all three companies drive me crazy with certain decisions. I don’t have a favourite. Many don’t like anyone that isn’t super positive over their fave box to play games on.
@-wc- yeah, I don't think I've got anyone on block and I do tend to 'un-ignore' every so often - although I have instantly put a couple straight back on 😅
Not been blocked or ignored as far as I can tell. Haven't personally done it to anyone either - not because I haven't found anyone that's annoyed or disagreed with me! I'm just not that invested.
Not even including personal preferences, there could easily be a language barrier, lack of context, etc.
Personally, I've yet to see a reason to block someone. Maybe some people like it because it's like having the last word?
Can't see a place like this being filled with genuine hate. Differences of opinion aside, everyone seems quite nice
@Zuljaras I don’t really know the controversy for Hogwarts Legacy since I’m not into Harry Potter (plus I’ve never played Hogwarts) but whenever I visited the site as a guest prior to making an account, everyone in the comments would argue on articles for the game and Hogwarts articles would get somewhere around 100 to 200 comments. I even think they had to disable comments for a few of those. I can imagine the block and ignore features were used HEAVILY at that time. I really get sad seeing people argue each other on this site…
@Pastellioli the issue was that it was making a video game about something else. I understand why passions were running high. There was a lot of misinformation. However none of that was about the game. Some of us just wanted to discuss the game. Anyway….. a few users seemed to block anyone that said they enjoyed the game. As everyone should have boycotted in their view.
@Zuljaras I think sometimes they want that. They want to have an impact on someone else’s mental health and often it feels personal. But no one can know me from the comments on here. So I don’t let it bother me. I know I try my best to be kind to others no matter what and don’t do personal attacks so it’s bizarre anyone would block me. Except the one serial blocker who I did have a moan at but I can’t stand saying one thing and contradicting yourself and he did it and tried to justify it. He looks down on so many of us because we play games he doesn’t like.
Live and let live.
Wish the whole world would just be a bit more kind to each other.
Also, I do agree. I do also wish the world was kinder to each other. I think social media can play a role in that because of how much more prominent and popular it has been, with stuff like rage bait and political attacks made to stir up and anger a particular group of people, but some just do that because algorithms reward the most outrageous behaviors and content with likes and views, which just encourages people to produce content like that more and it just results in a buttload of arguing and division. It promotes a lot of negativity really. Coincidentally, I watched an entertaining video a few days ago that went over about three examples of rage bait and the person gave these tips on how to spot and decipher rage bait in order to not fall for it or get angry, but I feel that is something we all have a tendency to forget.
Some people just can’t live in a world where two
Opposing or even different views exist.
Unfortunately the modern world creates bubbles and an angry mob mentality.
People like to only hear voices they agree with. It’s a shame as most of us actually agree… just sometimes misunderstand tone or certain situations.
Tolerance is a lost art.
I've seen a few of this type of comment on this thread. Kinda comes off as a bit condescending. "User blocked me because they're too small-minded to cope with different views".
Sure, maybe that does apply in some cases. But, as someone who is reasonably neutral on the whole 'woke' movement and conscious of an apparent (and not particularly welcome) growth of the snowflake population, I'm actually finding myself thinking.. this is some classic victim-blaming going on here.
I hope it eventually occurs, to those that seem to dismiss those that ignore/block them as fragiles that need a safe space to shut out anything that risks breaking their childish delusions, that maybe rather than not being able to tolerate opposing views, they just don't want/have time to when they come here. Particularly if those opposing views have hints of 'condescending jerk' about them.
Personally, I've preached and practiced patience and tolerance, online and off, for much of my adult life. But when a website enables me to refine my experience, to distill it, to take out some of those moments that irk rather than inspire, I'm grateful for it. Why tolerate something you actively dislike when you can save yourself the time and irritation of experiencing it by ignoring/blocking the source? I'm pretty sympathetic to environmentalism, ecology, wildlife etc, but when a fly/moth/spider is irritating me in my own home, you bet yo' ass I'm gonna swat it out of existence. Why tolerate when you don't have to?
I have a million other things I could/should be doing when I visit Nintendo Life, so when I'm here I want to maximise my enjoyment of the subject matter and views shared. Every comment that irritates me works against that objective. So yeah, I use the Ignore function profusely at times, when the mood takes me. And if I think someone's belittling other users or being a jerk in some other way, I'll potentially throw in a Block too. It's not intended as a punishment, but perhaps it provokes some self-reflection...
But I hold amnesties from time to time. There's only a small number of potential lost causes who seem to quickly make their way straight back on to my list.
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