Is that not how it currently works? I was under the impression that's how it works for me at least. What behaviour are you seeing?

If I block someone, I want to see [blocked] instead of what they are saying. I want to receive no notifications for this. I should be able to view what other people in that comment thread are saying. I should be able to toggle the ability to read these people's replies, but not reply unless I unblock.

They can still see my shit. That's fine. Just stop making me see theirs in my inbox. And stop blocking the rest of the conversation where other good folks are continuing to discuss something I was interested in.

There are lots of good answers in the comments from people on your block list, OP.

Is that a kbin specific thing, maybe, since you seem to be on a kbin instance?

Isn't that something that'd be client specific?

I think when it comes to blocking, the best approach is when a blocked user is still able to reply but those are hidden from the person that blocked them. While this does basically lead to "harrassment behind their back," it also prevents users from stifling conversation intentionally by preventing those users from blocking others that may disagree with them so that there is no real discussion or conversation on a comment or topic.

Its a shiniest of two turds option, as the ideal situation is that everyone can be nice and not nasty when someone has a different opinion, thus a block feature not needing to exist. But since we can't be having any "wrongthink," (whatever that may mean to each user is different) and anonymity brings out the worst in people, a block feature the way it currently works is necessary.

One annoying feature is that all replies to a blocked user are also automatically hidden regardless of if those people are blocked or not, which I wish wouldn't happen. Even if the client loaded a dummy comment in place of a blocked user it would be better IMO.

But at the end of the day, there is not really anything anyone can do to prevent other people from reading or interacting with your Lemmy account. They can just not log in, or they can create a new account. They could even create a whole new instance just to keep making accounts. Its like playing whackamole, you just hope the ones you block dont go that far.

I was pretty confident that was how blocking worked on Lemmy. Is it not the case?

I did think twitter worked the way you describe, blocking the blockee from seeing the blockers content vs blocking the blocker from seeing the blockee’s content

The twitter knockoffs always "mention" the person they're replying to.

I block them because 99% of the post they make they don't mean to make, and they never seem to understand what's happening, explaining is just a waste of time.

But as long as they "@ you" you'll still get new notifications.

If you're talking about wanting to just get rid of their replies that are still in your inbox without clearing it...

Not sure why, but at least on my instance there's a green check to acknowledge a notification and it'll go away