Reply #98: some are openly using it to censor differing view points....

[mike_c]

One, who has posted in this thread to brag about the possibility of having the biggest block list on DU, is openly blocking people who's politics he/she disagrees with-- NOT using it to prevent bad behavior. He/she is quite unrepentent about it.

This means that he/she can make assertions in threads and not be challenged by folks with other perspectives. I think that particular DUer is an anomally at the moment, but I suspect more and more of that sort of thing will happen as folks get tired of defending the merits of issues or candidates or whatever and start simply blocking those with opposing view points, creating an echo chamber where honest discussion would have occurred otherwise. It has started already, and I think it's very bad for the DU community.