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<blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 9217145" data-attributes="member: 3987">At that point I would say the discourse has gone beyond civil, but normally (at least on this site) you shouldn't need to block as the moderators do a pretty good job of keeping things civil here, and most of the community follow &quot;Granma's rules&quot; anyway.I don't think it is usually a question of looking for an echo chamber, but I do think it is an easy thing to fall into if you are too ready to block people you just disagree with. It doesn't apply so much with hobbies, but politics wise you see it a lot. Especially those folks that use &quot;block lists&quot; and block folks just because they follow a particular person they really don't like. I follow a lot of people I really don't like the views of because you need to know what the opposition is up to and also you need to challenge your own beliefs every now and again.At least in Hobbies I don't think there are block lists for folks that &quot;like 4E&quot; for example, but I suspect there are ones floating about from the gamergate and other &quot;...gates&quot; that kicked off back in the day.But yeah get you about not wanting a toxic environment for your hobby/leisure time, I just don't think just disagreement is enough, to qualify as toxic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bagpuss, post: 9217145, member: 3987"] At that point I would say the discourse has gone beyond civil, but normally (at least on this site) you shouldn't need to block as the moderators do a pretty good job of keeping things civil here, and most of the community follow "Granma's rules" anyway. I don't think it is usually a question of looking for an echo chamber, but I do think it is an easy thing to fall into if you are too ready to block people you just disagree with. It doesn't apply so much with hobbies, but politics wise you see it a lot. Especially those folks that use "block lists" and block folks just because they follow a particular person they really don't like. I follow a lot of people I really don't like the views of because you need to know what the opposition is up to and also you need to challenge your own beliefs every now and again. At least in Hobbies I don't think there are block lists for folks that "like 4E" for example, but I suspect there are ones floating about from the gamergate and other "...gates" that kicked off back in the day. But yeah get you about not wanting a toxic environment for your hobby/leisure time, I just don't think just disagreement is enough, to qualify as toxic. [/QUOTE]

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