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Bad manners on Lichess

@Linnemann Alright, thanks for this information. Does it actually block people from playing against you, though? It's not like I ever got matched with the same person twice, anyway. By the way, the logs you've just shown just show someone who accused you of cheating, right? I didn't feel like it matched the rude people I talked about in my first message, even though this is toxic behavior too.
@ChickenRave if i am not wrong it also blocks these players from playing against you, but you can still be autopaired against them in tournaments. But as there is anyway no way to request takebacks, chat, or add time to opponents clock in tournament games it doesnt matter too much i guess.
Oh, well that'd be a good thing if it blocks time refills and takeback requests. It's not like they'd change in future games, so automatically disabling the ability to be nice to people who have been rude in a past game sure would be a good reason to take the time to block someone. It would also serve as a reminder that I've already been against that player and that they have bad manners, not that I'd really use this information if the buttons of kindness and mercy are disabled when playing against them.
@ChickenRave

There is also an option in your user settings to automatically deny takeback requests. I have this enabled by default because i think it is not real chess if i allow or request takebacks. If my opp makes an obvious slip and if i like him, i make a neutral move and let him fix his move.

However as far as i know there is no option to disallow add time requests.
My advice? Play tournaments only. No chat, no takebacks, no rematches, no extra time. Just blissful silence and bad chess :-)
I like being nice and polite though, and I like knowing that me and my opponent would accept each other's takeback request if we realize that we made a mistake right after making a move. It's better for learning, and I'm not competitive anyway. Often, I'm even going to ask the opponent "need a takeback?" and after I cancel their mistake I say "alright try again bud". It's simple, but nice.
One sort of impolite thing I do however (but is justified) is when I take advantage of my opponent's mistake and get their queen for free. I offer a takeback, they accept it, but they take too much time to accept the second takeback (to actually cancel their mistake) so I kill the queen again. My excuse is that the clock is still ticking as I wait for them to accept the second one, and I can't afford to wait a full minute for them to get their turn back.
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#18 Really? Personally, I feed off the tilt of people who lose their queens in a stupid way. Sometimes I wait for them to ask for a takeback when they make this mistake, but instead they just end giving up without clicking the little flag, doing misplay after misplay, throwing everything away because they lost a valuable piece that could actually be used as the most effective bait. The ultimate tilter is when I kill her using a pawn, in a move they could've avoided.
Yes, I'm nice when it comes to people's mistakes to make up for the monster I am otherwise.
that takeback feature should be removed btw.. maybe keep it for casual games.
I have a standard answer when I get asked for one, I say "I only give takebacks to pretty girls", one dude made me laugh when he goes "you calling me ugly?" :)

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