#and i'm sorry but i'm SO tired of the eagerness to block on this website | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

nicnevans · 2 months ago

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not gonna put op on blast but a post just crossed my dash that's just. this

and i'm sorry but if your block list is in the hundreds that's not normal and maybe you need to block less and just get comfortable with the fact that other peoples' thoughts and opinions might brush against yours in ways you don't immediately like. talk about it. consider their perspectives. broaden your horizons. if your block list is in the hundreds the only common denominator there is you. there comes a point were curating your space is just an excuse for controlling it and trying to control who can and cannot interact with you and your close friends and that just isn't healthy, and it certainly isn't a healthy way to engage with a fandom space which is by definition a shared one.

#yelling into the void tag #op if you see this somehow please know i'm not coming for you specifically #if it was about some particular situation i don't have that context and this was just reblogged onto my dash contextless #and as a general fandom commentary #and i'm sorry but i'm SO tired of the eagerness to block on this website #it's juvenile and i've seen it put mutual friends of the blocker and blockee in such uncomfortable positions #and it's all glazed over under the ethos of ''curating your space'' but a lot of the time it's literally just control #like it's different if someone's a total stranger - but even then stumbling on a stranger who has you blocked can be uncomfortable #(like you don't even know this person but they dislike you enough to block you? THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE)#but people extend it so far #a block is a HARD boundary to put down. the hardest #and it's often just not necessary. and when done in a shared space it puts everyone else in that space in an uncomfortable position too #some people on this site need to relearn what it is to socialise and to exist as part of a group setting #blocks are for extreme cases #i might delete this later but god damn i am tired

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