@lnxw48a1 @delores Exactly. Blocking another user is really easy to do, a couple of clicks. Click-click; annoying user is gone. And it takes an order of magnitude more effort for someone to make alts to circumvent such blocks. So now that it's clear that in effect, getting rid of content you don't want to see without locking out hundreds of users whose content you might actually find valuable is trivial...

The fact that users would want their admins to use instance-wide blocks leads me to only two possible conclusions, neither one flattering:
1- These people are intellectual babies whose heads will explode if they so much as glance at a contrary opinion, so they need to be protected proactively from seeing those, or
2- it's never been about them not having to see stuff they don't like: it's always been about "striking a blow" against people their hated enemy, and stopping OTHER PEOPLE from being able to communicate with them.