[viraptor]

> The block button doesn't stop them.

No and nobody claimed it does. Making it just a bit harder and making the other party jump through an extra hoop reduces it though. The extra friction has been implemented on many platforms and it works. Instagram adds friction in a different way, but also claims it has a positive result: https://builtin.com/software-engineering-perspectives/key-be...

You can also see people migrating to other platforms who raise the lack of search / being easily found as a feature. It's not black and white and it's not public or not. There's a whole range of how accessible your content is to parties who will attack you.

[EricE]

Yes, because everyone knows that trolls just give up at the least amount of friction.

[felipeerias]

A large enough number of them do, which does not fix the problem completely but makes it more manageable through other strategies.

[m3kw9]

They can’t comment that’s the main point after blocking