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Question for everyone: if you see a post that you disagree with and want to write about in opposition but don’t want to get into drama or draw hate to OP, is it cowardly and wrong to post a screenshot with the OP censored? Because on one hand, it allows you to say your piece and it will help shield OP from vitriol. But on the other hand, it seems a bit underhanded and it also prevents any meaningful discussion with people who disagree. OP may be able to elaborate on their stance and one of you may change your mind and/or learn something.

This is something I’ve done and I’ve thought it was a good option for a few reasons. In some cases, the post has been offensive to me to the point that I don’t see much of a point in engaging directly. But in other cases, I’ve just wanted to shield OP and have honestly been afraid of just getting blocked instead of being able to discuss it. I’ve said a lot recently how I value following people who post metas I disagree with, and I’d like to be able to engage with them. If I reblog with a dissenting opinion and get blocked (which is something that did actually happen to me early on and the disagreement more or less boiled down to semantics), I lose that opportunity. Going through and engaging directly to disagree might seem like I’m picking fights.

But thinking about it… is it really a better option? It seems a little unfair to OP to lock them out of the conversion like that without giving them the chance to respond.

What do you guys think?