There may be an age or generational explanation for this, but I especially notice this behavior on Reddit while not nearly as much here on Lemmy (though maybe that’s also a mater of implementation).

It seems many are so quick to assert overly-confident positions, but then hit-and-run with some smarmy remark at even the slightest challenge, then quickly block. Like, not even crazy stuff. Just basic, civil disagreements. I can pretty well predict when it will happen, and it always feels like such a petty ego-sparing fingers-in-ears denial thing to do, and to me if anything shows they were not very confident in their views being challenged.

I think I’ve only blocked a handful of people over a decade who were actively spamming, stalking, or spewing extremely hateful rhetoric and I just reported them simultaneously. You have to cross a pretty extreme and irrational line for me to do that.

The reason I ask is to see if I’m missing something; to better understand the mindset of those who do.

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    incel to stop hating women.

    i have been on fedi for a hot minute and i have never seen these mythical incels. you got a link to check out?

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      You see this is what I am talking about. This is either bad faith or someone so clueless they are not even worth talking to.

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        10 hours ago

        you made a claim about incels on lemmy. i have seen others make these claims.

        lemmy is has a rather unique community, so either i am not federating with them or …