LogFAQs > #972911371

Error1355 posted...

holy shit your still going?

i think i figured out why a blocking feature was added to combat severe harassment.

The mods here are bad at their job enough that Reddit users complain about them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamefaqs/comments/jltm6l/the_moderators_on_the_gamefaqs_sight_suck/

as to why blocking on this site is more trouble, this site is similar to other internet forums such as Discord and YouTube where you see conversations happen in real time and not being able to see a blocked message can mean you miss important context in the middle of what's actually being talked about. Other sites such as Facebook and Twitter mostly have you chat with friends instead of internet users and you dont really have as much of a conversation on this site as you do here. If an internet troll tries to derail your thread, you can just set your settings to private which isnt possible on gamefaqs.

In general, GameFAQs block system is a more bad than good idea and we have it because the mods are bad enough at their jobs that trolls are capable of getting away with severe stalking/harassment and thread derailing easily. What GameFAQs really should do is have high entry requirements so its harder or more risky to ban evade.