[quote=@Zardoric]
The Status hider would be anonymous, [@Pair of Hearts] and I meant a 'Hide' button instead of dislike. I would also not recommend any kind of counter or notification that your status was blocked.

But this is all besides the point until the site is...I can't remember the right word right now.  
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Basically, we want to discourage bad behaviour and encourage positive thinking. A better site work well without the negative bullshit that some people bring. Simply look at chat when some annoying member that's a nuisance comes online. Just watch now quickly people will scatter because of them.

For statuses to work well you want this ingrained into people's thinking. I don't agree with the whole blocking or hiding people option, nor hide all statuses that was mentioned earlier as you are essentially cutting content and censoring yourself from things that shouldn't really matter. It's like sticking your fingers in your ears and singing "lalala"; a bandaid solution for a bigger problem. However forcing a ranking system that sorts statuses based on positive and negative feedback will show everyone what's more acceptable.

It comes back to that old saying of "don't feed the trolls". If the people that are bitching don't get any feedback, then they'll stop it because it isn't justifying their own pointless existence, but if you reward those with good posts, then others will follow in their footsteps.