Blocking comments prevents harassment. I've seen people blocking harassers, the harassers would continue to harass them, and the harassed person would know they still comment (the interface shows "2 hidden comments"), and that anyone but them can see those comments.

Definitely not ideal.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Indeed. In those cases community mods can step in and issue bans, but that is a stopgap.

It would be better to have some way to block a given user from interacting with your content, if not prevent them from seeing it.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 4 days ago

Actually, just blocking them from being able to respond directly to comments between blocked users could be pretty useful.

If wanted the person could make a separate comment fighting perceived inaccuracies if so felt needed but would likely look petty in most cases and dissuade the practice.

I wonder what downsides could happen but still sounds pretty good if complicated an option.