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My Block List

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Use it in good health? As of this moment, this is who I have blocked on DeviantArt, with four names removed. It is a shorter list than one might imagine. Somebody, mistakenly, argued that I must be a long time user of the forums in disguise, because I knew "exactly who to block" - doing so in a tone that suggested that this, somehow, would be a bad thing. No, I'm just me, and the secret of knowing "exactly who to block" is an easy one. It's as simple a matter as knowing right from wrong, having a reasonable degree of empathy for those who don't forfeit it, and not letting anybody's version of Political Correctness get in the way. If I see somebody acting like a jerk, I don't have to wait until he acts like a jerk toward me to know that he is a jerk, and not worth talking to. I'd lurk in the forums, watch somebody being himself, and without a single word, hit the button and send another pest out of my life before he ever has a chance to be in my life.

One name, I removed, because I blocked her as part of a joke that she knows about - long story - and I don't want that joke going viral, because people didn't understand. Another three names I removed because I'm wondering if I should have blocked them, at this point, and would like to go back for another look before doing anything that might encourage others to replicate an error I made.

I guess I could make this page "better" by including links and stories, but I've got better things to do with my time, and would rather forget than dwell on the annoying things and people I've encountered along the way. At this point, I don't remember why most of these people are on this list, and that's the beauty of it - I probably never will remember. There might be a few false positives - I did choose to err on the side of caution - but if you look around the forums, for a while, I think you'll find that there at most a few. Feel free to copy, paste and pass this list around, if you have faith in my judgement about such things. If not, no offense taken, course. I understand that there is an anonymously compiled "cyberbully" list being passed around, that people are taking at face value. Maybe the people on that list deserve to be there, maybe they don't, but either way, that strikes me as being a lot of trust to put in Mr. Nobody; how does one know that the list wasn't compiled by one of the trolls? If you have no idea of who I am, and are reacting to this list with skepticism, good for you. That's exactly the kind of healthy self-assertion that makes life a little saner. If you do know who I am, and are taking this list seriously, thank you for the trust. I'll always do my best to live up to it, however imperfect that best effort will sometimes be.

I would mention that some of the people on this list were put there for being Nazi apologists, and another for suggesting that I try to introduce some of the children visiting this page to movies in which some very wrong things were being done to children, so some of this does get serious and creepy, really creepy. But then, watching a white supremacist whine because yet another "mud person" doesn't want to talk to him, and then try to claim that blocking is a form of oppression, and that I'm not being sufficiently tolerant of his intolerance, throwing this particular tantrum while "sensitive" people rally to his support? That's funny - annoying, but funny.



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Aaack
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Abstract-Mindser
Amuyuki
AnubisGraph
Avalarprincess
BlastTime
BrandonSPilcher
Brownez-Koekoez
BubbleSquid
Calstor
Calvero
CammieObscura
CherlnIDA
CindarellaPop
CouchyCreature
Crazylittleloon
CrimsonMagpie
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Darkness-Nightguard
Dezenerate
DragonQuestWes
DucatRevel
Fairy-Red-Hime
Farewell-Spring
FatNinjaMoggy
Fedayn-Roma
Felissauria
FerricPlushy
Filanwizard
Flatuus
FrankSinatrot
GalacticGoat
Gasmasklady
Gragonwings
Greatest-I-am
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IncandescentInsanity
IngloriousBunny
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LegendarySuperman
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MasterPlanner
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Novuso
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OneFunRobot
Operia
Painmistress
Pakaku
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PoliteKnight
Princess-Amy
Quadraro
ROTNJHNY
Ragerancher
ReptillianSP2011
RestInMotion
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SaltIrritates
Savoirfaire-Roma
Shidaku
SiNg0d
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Svataben
Telenn-Gwad
TheAmateurOfArt
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TheBlackBullets
TheCorpseHasPetals
TheTuscany
Thestudierofthearts
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TillLoveCeases
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TimberClipse
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ValiantPlayer
WeirdyMike
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ZeroRM
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angelishi
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rockstar1009
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tacosteev
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tdroid
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What I find interesting about this list is that while those listed are a small minority of those one will find in the forums (and a far smaller minority of the users on the site), by removing these people from my virtual life, I've eliminated just about every aggravation I've ever had on DeviantArt. We're looking at a social network with well over 10 million users - far more people than there are in New York City - and the trolls on it would barely fill a medium sized Starbucks, apparently. Something to think about, perhaps, the next time the Internet seems like a cesspool; the floaters in it might look more numerous than they really are. Not that having floaters around is a great thing, but the cleanup might not be as hopeless as it first appeared to be, so get out the net and start scooping?

In other words, feel free to borrow this list, but give serious thought to compiling your own. You'll have cleared away the sludge before you know it.
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37 views and not a single comment. I feel so rejected.

It's OK, I suppose. Anybody have a violin? It wouldn't have to be a big one ...





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