There are about a dozen really bad actors, once you block those servers you cover the bulk of the content. Works well. The main reason we **dont** block servers was at the LGBTQ's communities request. At the time Milo was on Gab and they used accounts here to follow him so they could see when he doxxed someone and use it to warnt he community (as was the norm at the time and a big deal). In fact its why we added the subscribe feature, specifically so they could follow people without being identifiable as doing so.
Its one reason we dont block, its like putting blocks in a web browser, it hurts the victims too.
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I prefer the no block policy too, if I don't like what someone has said I can block them manually.
But it also shows that there is good / bad content out there, and people need to get used to that fact, hiding it doesn't make that simply go away