Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
It's not so bad anymore. From what I hear, with the new forum you can see that someone you have blocked has posted and look at it if you want to(and should in this particular thread). Also, the person blocked can still see you post.Oh, it is my experience that there are plenty of commenters like Medusa; you are better off averting your gaze.
On the last forum, blocking created all kinds of snarls in voting threads. If you blocked or were blocked, you couldn't tell if the numbers being off was a mistake or due to blocking, and if you voted right after someone on the block list, you were guaranteed to throw the numbers off.