Not enough good things can be said about blocking. It’s a critical feature of any social network.

More people should block, and blocking makes social media better.

If I know that talking to someone will just make me upset, and that a discussion will just be a huge time suck that goes nowhere, I just block that person.

It’s not because I think they’re terrible humans beings. It’s that I don’t want a terrible thing to be said.

In this way, blocking makes social media less toxic.