Discussion on the <Blacklist> function

[Gwenorai]

I can't say I'm in agreement. A black-list is not supposed to be positive or nice, or sugarcoated. It's a list of people you refuse to interact with. It doesn't really need to be over convoluted either or complex. It's just a list of people you don't want to deal with. If you regret your decision you simply remove them from the list, if you don't then you keep them on it. Finally, a blacklist doesn't need to be creative or filled with positivity; the fact it exists is because there are a lot of people out there who are not good or nice, or they simply clash with you - there's nothing wrong with that either. Human nature. I don't understand why someone would need their hand held and pushed to a safe word to remove/ignore someone who literally might have just called them the f word moments ago and then go through extra lengths to have access to more block features.

Also, the word dismissed is actually correct as it means they're 'ordered to leave'.
verb
past tense: dismissed; past participle: dismissed
1.
order or allow to leave; send away.
Just like Blacklist is correct; 'a list of people or things that are regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and should be excluded or avoided.'

What I think should be done is this;
Just upgrade the blacklist so it's a full cease of interaction -including the inability to emote/locate them.- and have it be account-wide so it catches their alts as well as your own. Increase the blacklist size limits.

However, I am in agreement that its current state certainly needs to be improved upon - just not in the ways where extra hoops need to be jumped in order to gain access to further features to simply remove someone you don't wish to see or interact with.

And finally, if someone is bullied or unfairly dismissed etc - it's all grounds for you to file a report to a GM.