Nothing wrong with blocking. I'm just saying it's not 100% effective. I don't think any strategy is. It also seems to depend on the kind of creep who's attention (ire) you've attracted.

What I mostly get are triggered hurt men but not raging misogynists.

I make a comment that is not generalized either through my own wording or as a thread where it was previously established. They fly off the handle and try to "correct" me. I clap back, usually with some sass about reading comprehension. They get mean.

So I agree with them.

For example, they say something along the lines of "You're a feminazi! Men are smart to avoid you!!"

So I say, "that sounds like a fine idea. Why don't you do that? Just hope right back up on that belligerent mule you barged into this comment thread on, turn around, and right back on outta here. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Or they say, "you're going to die alone with that attitude" and I say something like, "we all die alone. That's not the flex you think it is, my guy".

You get the picture. Generally dismissive sass. Fly swatting. Newspaper to the nose of a dog that's peed in your shoes or your bed.

And it works pretty well. They either learn to read better, take a beat before over reacting, or just keep quiet about their grievance. I don't seem to get cyber stalked by these guys, nor do they drift into "debate mode".

They're just looking for attention. They get a reminder that not all attention is attention that's going to make them feel good and to be more discerning of whom they demand it from.