I used to block the shills, but it's not ideal... It blocks that user and all comments made to them as well, by everyone, so it's likely you will then miss comments made by other Patriot users, who are calling them out, and sometimes you get Patriots who post quite intriguing debunks of the shills opinions..  I like to see those good users comments and support them... So I block the shill, which gives you this sign  [-]  plus user name and points But I still click on that symbol to open up comment and string of follow ups... Remember that if you block you then you probably won't downvote.. and if they get too many upvotes they can stick up loads of submissions, and upvote all the other shills, who themselves can list, start clogging the place up... and if they all get 100 CCP, they start downvoting us...  Nightmare, but if you have time, it's good to keep the 'lawn' trimmed...