I've been on UseNet for over 20 years. Unfortunately, there's no way to
stop stalkers and trolls here. The only way would take massive
cooperation from ISPs that's very unlikely to happen. UseNet is the only
place misfits can thrive.

Believe it or not, Google's YouTube is a shining example of how Internet
discussion should be. Many moons ago, YouTube implemented MUTUAL
BLOCKING. YOU CAN'T SEE THEIR POSTS, THEY CAN'T SEE YOUR POSTS. No more
stalking or trolling on YouTube. Trying to get around mutual blocking is
too much trouble. As a techie who loves to discuss controversial issues,
I've been enjoying mutual blocking on YouTube for many months now. If
there were any technical flaws, I would see them. So far, the
implementation is great. You associate with people you want to associate
with. And it's fun. YouTube isn't the best format for discussion, but we
are having a great time anyway.

Hopefully other Internet forums will adopt mutual blocking. I see it in
the FAQ on Pinterest, but I don't do Pinterest.

I'm not a fan of big corporations like Google, but it rocks my prejudice
when they implement a brilliant idea like mutual blocking.