Blocking keeps my feed nice. See people being assholes? Block them. See a post discussing something I don’t want to hear about? Block them. See a community I don’t want to hear about? Block them. The greatest thing about social media is the ability to never have to interact with someone again at no detriment to them. Blocking is good.
Whilst that does create a more pleasant atmosphere, it also creates echo chambers and I believe that’s not a good thing.
I try to only block those who are explicitly being antagonistic, rather than just those whom I disagree with.
It would be great if Lemmy had a way to tag a user, so you could tag a borderline account, then decide after several interactions if they warranted blocking.
I also block several key words, rather than accounts.
I actively search for, report then block spam.
Tags definitely needed.
I need tags badly. I used them heavily on Reddit with the Reddit Enhancement Suite.
They helped me call out “great replacement” types more than once.
The Lemmy app I use (Thunder) let you label users, if that helps
Also voyager. Got implemented few days ago.