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Future Request: Block People's Posts

My request: Sometimes we can't ignore people's posts...So i think when we block someone,we should stop seeing his/her forum posts
This could be a very useful feature! many players can troll in forums with purposely misspelled letters or anything like that
The blocked post should say "Post hidden because player is blocked"
To clarify: are you suggesting that you hide the other person's posts?
"Blocking" would imply that you would prevent the other person from posting altogether.
This would need to be a toggleable feature, not just automatically part of blocking someone. Otherwise, I’d never be able to block anyone anymore. 🙁

When I block another user, it’s because I don’t want that person to be able to join my game seeks (most often I block people who deliberately waste time in games), send me direct messages, follow me or ping me; however, that doesn’t mean I don’t wish to be able to see anything he may happen to contribute to a public discussion here in the forum. Just because I want privacy doesn’t mean I want to be blind. I seek to know everything — all sides of every argument — and I find willful ignorance repugnant.

I would find that “post hidden” text maddening. Even if his post is gibberish, I’d like to be able to downvote it. But I’m not going to downvote something I can’t see; that might just make 𝘮𝘦 look bad. You know? My ignorance hurts me, not anyone else. So what’s the point of deliberately hurting myself? . . . I personally see no utility in this proposed feature. So if it’s implemented, please just make it optional. Thanks.

PS: Perhaps, when we block someone, we could be asked why? And depending on which box we tick, the option in question could be on or off by default. For example, if you block someone for cheating it would be off, but if you block him for spamming it would be on. 🤷 Just a suggestion for a further refinement.
Hypothetical scenario:

Someone cheats in a game with you. So you report him and block him. He then posts a lie about you in the forum, but you can’t see it because you’ve blocked him; and as he hasn’t been convicted of cheating yet, no one else has any reason to doubt his word about your own conduct in that game (or whatever the lie concerns).

Is this really a power you want to give to people like that? . . . I believe, when you hide people’s words from yourself, you are actually giving them power over you, not vice versa. (Selah.)
I can assure you this: people who publicly shame or disrespect players in forums, tournament chats, or other public places on lichess will receive their respective warning/punishment, as lichess does moderate those areas

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