Over the past couple of days, I have asked our followers their opinion on whether or not we should be more willing to block hurtful people that would otherwise interact with this blog. I’ve gotten quite a few responses, and I’d like to thank all of you who have for doing so. 

The consensus seems to be that yes, we need to be more willing to use to block function and vet those that are either are or are not respectful enough to interact with our posts. The couple of responses that seemed to lean more towards no appear to have no problem in blocking harmful individuals and just ask that there be the ability to have discussion and debate. This is fair, and as I’ve stated before, I have no problem with civil debate and honest discussion. I’m not saying that I’m going to block every single person with a dissenting opinion. Otherwise we wouldn’t have much of a blog, as there would be no followers and no mods. This is simply my attempt at allowing a better space for our followers who are actually interested and enjoy our content for what it is.

So I have made the decision to begin blocking more harmful blogs. Unfortunately, it seems that I have made this decision too late. Based on some of the responses I’ve been given, I am correct in that a lot of hate followers of this blog have been going after other blogs who’s content has been posted one way or another on here. And for that, I deeply apologize. I allowed my misguided attempts at being “fair” to compromise the safety of others. The process of trying to make this a better blog for these people won’t happen right away, but I do hope you’ll be able to feel more comfortable knowing that I’ll be working on this to the best of my ability.

I’ll be starting these blockings ASAP. I’m sure we’ll end up losing plenty of followers, but I feel like that’s far less important than making sure this is a blog others can feel comfortable submitting their flags and terms to.

Thanks everyone!

-Fy