I don't use blocking a lot on Mastodon, but it's incredibly satisfying to preemptively block anyone I find whining that reply controls, actually-functional reply-severing block functionality, etc. would be infringing on their freeze peach. On the off chance that they'll someday be trying to read a thread I'm in and have it broken and unreadable to them.
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Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 20-Feb-2026 08:36:41 JST
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Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 20-Feb-2026 08:52:02 JST
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@cxj Not my invention. It goes back like at least a decade on :birdsite: etc.
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Chris Johnson (cxj@phpc.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Feb-2026 08:52:03 JST
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@dalias Imma stealin' "freeze peach" from ya'. 🙂
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