This is fine for the bots - but sometimes people follow me just to eg say mean stuff. I like to soft block them so they don’t get the joy of thinking they got to me - they just stop thinking about my account entirely
Blocking a user prevents interaction and hides the user from the client experience.
Blocked accounts will not be able to like, reply, mention, or follow you.
Their posts, replies, and profile in search will also be hidden from you.
I still think that a block does all you want and them "knowing" you blocked them doesn't really give them anything as they can't mention you or do any other interactions with you so it is them that has lost out?
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Blocking a user prevents interaction and hides the user from the client experience.
Blocked accounts will not be able to like, reply, mention, or follow you.
Their posts, replies, and profile in search will also be hidden from you.
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/tutorials/blocking
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/tutorials/muting
There was an excellent thread here two days that explained why these abusive reply bots exists but can I find it? I can not :-(
IIRC - Its automated so "they" won't care and blocking is a fire break.