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Regarding Blocking System and Abuse

Deci16 VIP

The current blocking system is severely flawed. Blocking someone from seeing your posts is one thing, but blocking them from participating in public discussion is a completely different issue. When a user is barred from responding simply because they’ve been blocked, it creates an unfair system ripe for abuse. People don’t have to counter opposing arguments anymore; they can just silence them. That’s not debate, it’s censorship through convenience.

Think about it, if someone leaves a public review or comment, that becomes part of the open discussion space. Shouldn’t others have the right to challenge or respond? By preventing blocked users from engaging, you give individuals the power to shut down dissent simply because they don’t like hearing a different perspective. That weakens the entire community, because it rewards fragile egos over robust discussion.

A better balance would be this, blocked users shouldn’t be able to follow or see new personal posts from the person who blocked them, but they should still be able to access and respond to public reviews or threads. The original poster always retains the right to reply (or not), but at least the dialogue isn’t artificially cut off. That way, disagreements can play out in the open, where they belong instead of being stifled by one-sided control.

In short, disagreement isn’t harassment. Silencing people because you can’t handle being challenged doesn’t protect the community it undermines it. 

And I’m looking at you, username: crimsonquill, too fragile to handle someone dismantling your bad takes on A Dream Within A Dream. Instead of engaging in open discussion, you chose the coward’s route, blocking dissent to silence any credible challenge to your blatantly dishonest review.



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Kokuto

I agree with this take.  The block should be used so that people can curate their feed and only see what they can handle, NOT to shut down public comments.

It used to be worse, in that a block could take out an entire thread and you couldn't see anyone's responses after the block.  They have sort of fixed that, so only responses to the person doing the blocking are taken out ... even if they are your own responses.  lol

Yes, crimsonquill is a hypocritical piece of work, blocking AFTER she gets her licks in.

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Mu Hyul VIP

Deci16, you seem to attack everyone whose opinion differs from yours. This is a sure way to get blocked.

You can see the posts of people who have blocked you by not signing in to MDL.

I know it's impossible for some users to be kind and  civil as asked. But it's a good idea for you to write your own review instead of attacking one that has 119 likes and awards. In the comment section, write your opinion in your own line instead of starting an argument with people who you disagree with. People will always disagree because we are all different. Pls avoid user warfare.

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ASTER

already a suggetion may be people  find useful block feature need update 

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Deci16 VIP
 Mu Hyul:

Deci16, you seem to attack everyone whose opinion differs from yours. This is a sure way to get blocked.

You can see the posts of people who have blocked you by not signing in to MDL.

I know it's impossible for some users to be kind and  civil as asked. But it's a good idea for you to write your own review instead of attacking one that has 119 likes and awards. In the comment section, write your opinion in your own line instead of starting an argument with people who you disagree with. People will always disagree because we are all different. Pls avoid user warfare.

I want to be clear, disagreeing with or critiquing a review is not the same thing as attacking someone. Calling a critique an “attack” is an egregious misuse of the word. I went point-by-point through that review because it contained misleading claims, and I explained why I found it dishonest. That’s not hostility; that’s engaging with the content.

The number of likes or awards a review has doesn’t make it immune to criticism. Public reviews invite public discussion, both positive and negative. If people only ever posted praise, there would be no space for honest debate.

I’ve expressed my opinion in detail, with reasons, that’s how critique works. You may not like my conclusions, but calling it an “attack” is inaccurate.

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Deci16 VIP
 ASTER:

already a suggetion may be people  find useful block feature need update 

You’re amazing for taking the time to think this through and write it out so clearly. Really appreciate you putting in the effort to highlight this problem.

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Mu Hyul VIP

Rudies never do admit they are rudies. 

For one user you write: "I say quit now and go back to watch TPOB. This doesn't seem like it's your cup of tea."

Asking someone to leave the drama and comment section is such a dialogic constructive comment. Yes. 

In response to another users' 119 likes review you wrote "This review is one of the most dishonest and disingenuous takes I’ve seen. " and "that’s not the drama’s failure, it’s yours."

That was a personal attack: saying the user who wrote the review is a failure.

You have rules, pls follow them. It goes like this: 

"kisskh is a space for respectful and thoughtful discussion. Harassment, hate speech, personal attacks, and inappropriate language are not allowed and may result in content removal or account action. Please keep things kind and civil. "

I fought to get this text. I have no stakes at all concerning the drama in question which I haven't seen.

 

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Deci16 VIP
 Mu Hyul:

Rudies never do admit they are rudies. 

For one user you write: "I say quit now and go back to watch TPOB. This doesn't seem like it's your cup of tea."

Asking someone to leave the drama and comment section is such a dialogic constructive comment. Yes. 

In response to another users' 119 likes review you wrote "This review is one of the most dishonest and disingenuous takes I’ve seen. " and "that’s not the drama’s failure, it’s yours."

That was a personal attack: saying the user who wrote the review is a failure.

You have rules, pls follow them. It goes like this: 

"kisskh is a space for respectful and thoughtful discussion. Harassment, hate speech, personal attacks, and inappropriate language are not allowed and may result in content removal or account action. Please keep things kind and civil. "

I fought to get this text. I have no stakes at all concerning the drama in question which I haven't seen.

 

Since accuracy seems to be an issue with you,  I’ll lay it out clearly for you. 

You’re accusing me of “personal attacks” while deliberately  pulling lines out of context , so now let me fill in what you conveniently left out.

The OP specifically said she had trouble moving on from TPoB before starting ADWAD. She asked whether the FL would stay annoying, since she didn’t like the character , or Li Yi Tong, for that matter.

To which I replied  directly and politely  that it didn’t sound like her cup of tea and that if she preferred TPOB, she should stick with that. That’s answering her question, not “telling her to leave the discussion.” The only people inventing drama here are you and your bad-faith spin.

As for the review, I criticized it as dishonest and disingenuous because it was. And yes, I said the reviewer failed at engaging with nuance , which is absolutely not the same thing as saying they themselves are a failure. There’s a difference between evaluating someone’s argument and insulting them as a person. The fact that you can’t (or won’t) make that distinction says more about your confusion than about my critique.

What’s actually happening is simple. I engaged critically with content, and you didn’t like the tone. Instead of debating the points, you’ve decided to selectively applied rules. This is nothing more than another way of trying to silence disagreement.

If you want respectful discussion, start by quoting people accurately and arguing in good faith. Otherwise, don’t lecture me about rules you can’t even apply consistently.

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