To Block or Not to Block: When if Ever Do You Block Your Door

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Some websites pay its members to post and exchange written commentary with each other. Generally, these sites don't pay much money. However, since money does change hands (in theory), people should not be able to publicly post for potential profit and then restrict certain people from the public conversation, by selectively blocking comments to their own written word, selectively making invisible their own written words or deleting the written words of others that may not conform to their opinions. Moderators are generally available on these sites to delete comments that fall outside of TOS. This is particularly troubling and inherently wrong when people can post inflammatory discussions and make provocative comments and than have the ability to prevent certain people from participating on a publicly and potentially paid for post. If someone needs to keep provocative and inflammatory words secret from certain people, not for profit posting is available on sites like Facebook, which I have heard has a block feature. Also, writing provocative posts makes great fodder for spiral notebooks which can be tucked under the bed and kept safe from competing views. Here is another discussion on myLot about blocking people that is worth a read too: