RE: Petition to End steemit harassment FAO @dan & @ned
Thanks Schro. This was included in my comment.
Through the blockchain users can still see these posts, but if entering through steemd, they will be blocked or at least unable to comment.
I know what you mean though there is no way of completely blocking users and I think that's fair, but I think if it worked only on the front end it would at least discourage a certain amount of trolling.
Users could still go into steemd and see the post, but I think it would be good if they could only comment on the thread by replying to other commenters who haven't blocked them. I'm not under the illusion that we'll ever completely block users as they can always make new accounts, but it just makes it that little more awkward for them which discourages the behaviour.
Thanks I'm very hopeful and confident in dans response :)
The issue is that the built in comment system is only one way to comment about something. If that is blocked then people will want to circumvent the blocks, and often for good reasons (for example, to circumvent an "evil corporation" who wants to use the system for promotion and still impede legitimate criticism). Once such a system for circumventing poster blocks becomes popular, as it very likely could, trolls and stalkers could also use it to harass.
Overall, hiding/muting under the control of the user who does not want to see the content is the approach that makes more sense on a blockchain.
I'm glad to see Dan's reply indicating this will be fixed ASAP.