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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9346398" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I've never blocked anyone because I was offended. I can scroll past. I've also never blocked anyone because of personal attacks or debates that turned into arguments. I can just stop responding. If someone is abusive or egregiously breaking the rules of this site--that's what the report button is for.  The only time I've blocked people was because they keep making the same arguments across multiple threads, over and over and over again, to where it was getting to the point that it was hard to engage in discussion on the original topic. These were often people whose posts on other topics I enjoyed reading. But just to make the site enjoyable again, I blocked them. Generally, I unblock them some weeks or months later when whatever drama de jure set them off has calmed down. I personally don't care whether they can see my posts or not. I just want filter out some noise.  The block button isn't necessarily a judgement on whether someone is a bad actor. For me, it is just that I'm not interested in reading most of what the person is posting. It is a content-curation tool as much as, or more than, it is a safety tool.</blockquote>