Post by itoldyousoso in Why Itch.io Needs a More Effective Blocking System to Protect Creators

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they should work on those hidden communication channels, like the follow and unfollow nuisance. can't they be deactivated in email notifications at least? and i would wish for more granularity for which activites would be shared. like, releases, collections and reviews separately.

but a developer just does not block users. users block other users. a developer is the admin of the published projects and can ban people. what good would additional blocking do. a customer does not even need an itch account to purchase an item.

now, from a user's perspective, an ignore function might be nice. blocking is for social networks. itch is not such a network in my opinion without a private message system. there is very limited interaction and practically all of it is public, where real admins could intervene, and where other people could use the report button.

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Brittle Lizard7 days ago(+1)

You're severely misunderstanding a lot here. Interactions with other users are by no means limited on itch just because they're public, and they're a large part of the way many people use the site. The discussion posts feature exists for a reason. Your malformed personal opinions on private messaging really have nothing to do with whether or not itch can be considered a social platform when it's very frequently used as one.

There isn't a distinction between "users" and "developers" on itch, so I'm sincerely having trouble following the second paragraph. Uploading an .exe file doesn't bar users from leaving comments or opening discussion posts. Banning someone from a game's page isn't an answer to being antagonized in different areas of the site.

There's also just the simple fact that there are reasons to block someone that wouldn't necessarily get them banned. You can be harassed or stalked off-site. Someone can poke and prod at you in a way that doesn't overtly violate any terms of use but is clearly meant to hurt you. Hell, people can just get on your nerves. That's all enough to stop or at least hide their interactions with you. Just letting the site's moderation take care of it isn't a solution to the problems this post is actually raising.

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itoldyousoso7 days ago

i am not sure if you understood my points. you do not phrase them, as i did.

interactions are not limited because they are public. i said, that interactions are limited. what i meant is, that there are a limited amount of communication channels.

the current "block" feature of itch is an incomplete ignore function. a block prevents an action. an ignore does not prevent an action, but makes it invisble to the one that ignores. i argue for a better ignore function. and i consider a block function for the publisher side of using itch to be pointless. you do not even need an account to buy.

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