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   Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 07:51:17 JST Daniel Supernault

   Blocking someone should remove their replies from your posts, this is the type of safety features we need in the Fediverse!

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:16:20 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • "Niko" Krupinski 🧡🏴‍☠️
     • Frank Heijkamp

     @dnkrupinski @alterelefant You can Reject it, which should unlink it from the parent post, this does need support from software, I am working on this in Pixelfed and Loops!

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     "Niko" Krupinski 🧡🏴‍☠️ (dnkrupinski@hannover.town)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:16:21 JST "Niko" Krupinski 🧡🏴‍☠️

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     • Frank Heijkamp

     @alterelefant @dansup This is not possible. Their post will not be shown in your timeline anymore but you can't delete messages somebody else has written on his/her instance.

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     Frank Heijkamp (alterelefant@mastodontech.de)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:16:23 JST Frank Heijkamp

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     @dansup That is indeed what you expect. I have never tested it, as in, had no need to block anyone yet. Yes you would think a block should remove all replies made by that person to your posts.

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:34:01 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • "Niko" Krupinski 🧡🏴‍☠️
     • Frank Heijkamp

     @alterelefant @dnkrupinski I think it should be removed as a reply, but still visible from the permalink

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     Frank Heijkamp (alterelefant@mastodontech.de)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:34:03 JST Frank Heijkamp

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     • "Niko" Krupinski 🧡🏴‍☠️

     @dnkrupinski
     Will those replies to your posts still be visible for others who view your posts?

     * your post *
     * reply by blocked person "

     @dansup

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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:42:24 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @dansup this is a feature i could see a lot of implementations just outright ignore
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     Dudebro (dudebro@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:44:44 JST Dudebro

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     How bout you dont post you own face if you are worried about safety you gaylord. Not that your faggot ass can see this.
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:44:44 JST Johnny Peligro

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     • Dudebro
     @Dudebro @dansup what happened to the goth vaporeon era
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     Dudebro (dudebro@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:46:57 JST Dudebro

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     • Johnny Peligro
     Paused it for lent because why not?
     Johnny Peligro likes this.
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 08:48:12 JST Johnny Peligro

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     • Dudebro
     @Dudebro @dansup ah, got it
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     normy foxyoreos (foxyoreos@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 11:28:16 JST normy foxyoreos

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     @dansup Agreed. Pretty much every platform that I am on supports this, including most FOSS platforms. It is a widely support basic moderation tool.

     Every time it comes up, you'll get replies worrying about the theoretical risks, but Mastodon is like.. the only place that doesn't do this.

     In my mind this is exactly like how Bluesky devs hem and haw about editing posts.

     Everything allows for this, and those platforms are fine. We can just do it.

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     TheGoodWalker (it_sme@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 11:30:08 JST TheGoodWalker

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     @dansup

     Just an idea (maybe not a good one) - What if blocking someone flags all their responses to the post as "blocked by original poster" so everyone knows this person was blocked. If readers agree that the person was inappropriate, abusive, or just downright toxic they can block them too, and if enough people block them the account is suspended/dissolved.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 20-Feb-2026 08:29:59 JST Rich Felker

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     • Christian Yoga :supertuxkart:

     @crse @dansup That's what muting is for. Blocking is to prevent them from contacting or driving contact to you from their audiences. For that purpose, you want old things severed too.

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     Christian Yoga :supertuxkart: (crse@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Friday, 20-Feb-2026 08:30:00 JST Christian Yoga :supertuxkart:

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     @dansup Should be optional?

     I blocked so many people on Twitter and Facebook, but their older quote are valid and merely giving context.

     Blocking people sometimes means "there's no wrong with them, I simply not interested in their post and don't want them to see me anymore."

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     Tibbe Debats (tnhd@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Feb-2026 08:50:33 JST Tibbe Debats

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     > but not enough to remove misinformation if it's not in a reply
     Objective reality is hard. There are always going to be people that can't be convinced with reason. In fact, I think that's the case for everyone, to some extent. Humans aren't rational. They reject arguments completely if they don't fit in their existing view of the world.

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     Mage of Voids (mage_of_chaos@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Feb-2026 15:27:28 JST Mage of Voids

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     @dansup I disagree. But I think if you block someone, you shouldn't be allowed to see the posts of who you blocked. And you should only be allowed to see your own and edit or choose to delete them yourselves. UNLESS they establish a misuse of the report function, which should be determined by more than one moderator with a place to privately dicuss the matters.

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     Andy Gates (andygates@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Feb-2026 22:55:40 JST Andy Gates

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     @dansup This is how Bluesky's "nuclear block" works and it's great for silencing reply guys.