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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 8002106" data-attributes="member: 53980">As long as users can turn off threading I don't see why not. Otherwise, I prefer the current layout to that of Reddit. As for blocking, as long as it is simply a shield then I see no issue with it. IMO, the issue with the old blocking was that some people would wield it as a bludgeon, using it to punish those who disagreed with them (and often as a means to get in the final word). I realize that this sort of behavior was moderated, but IMO it's better to not hand out bludgeons to begin with,  than to reprimand someone who misuses one (at which point the harm has been done and, at best, you're merely discouraging repetitions of the behavior). That doesn't sound like it would be the case from your description though, so as long as it works as advertised I don't see much harm. To be perfectly blunt, I didn't use the block feature before and I doubt I would use it in the future, as I think there's the potential to learn from everyone. I could see it's value though in cases where someone is being legitimately harassed though.</blockquote>