• FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I know, but it still didn’t fully remove it.

    Sure, but it doesn’t have to be fully removed to have an effect.

    The thing is that there really is no price, nor was there ever one. Your suggestion that you think there is demonstrates that the way blocking worked gave people dangerously wrong ideas.

    Sorry, but you don’t get to redefine how humans work. There is a price, because friction reduces the likelihood of people following through. Removing that friction increases the likelihood of people following through. You might not want to believe this to be the case, but please read studies on the topic - it’s just how humans work. You don’t get to dismiss negative effects because you don’t believe in them.

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      1 month ago

      The argument here is literally about stalkers. Not about random uninterested people that don’t care.

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        No, it’s not just about stalkers, it’s about harassment in general. But even if it were, even stalkers are still people and don’t work fundamentally different.

        Feel free to show any research proving me wrong, but unless you find any, the reasonable position is “humans work the same on this topic as on others”.