I don’t really think it’s entitlement to see posts on a public facing forum that allows the whole world to read every post made there.
Access to EN World is a privilege, not a right, and that privilege can be lost to varying degrees. We generally go with, "innocent and worthy of the privilege until proven otherwise," approach, but it is still a privilege. Thinking that what is a privilege is really your right, is textbook entitlement.
So what about what they want and find annoying? Why should what you want be privileged?
Publishing something publicly does not make the work public domain. As far as we and the site can manage it within our mission, technological and practical constraints, we consider the poster to own their posts.
What the author wants is privileged
because they are the author. Now, we can only offer so much control, and if an author needs more than what we can provide, they may need to take their works elsewhere, but we do offer some minor control.
It's a conversational forum. They don't have to come here and post in a discussion where there are lots of people.
But, the issue isn't "lots of people", is it? The issue is
specific individuals, who, in the author's eyes, due to their chosen behavior have lost the privilege of seeing those thoughts.
I'm all for them opting not to see me, but forcing me to be blind to their posts is akin to a schoolyard bully forcing me to give up my lunch money.
No, it really isn't. That post wasn't in your pocket, given to you by your parent or guardian, or intended to pay for something you really needed. No direct interaction with you is taken to relieve you of the post. You are not harassed, assaulted, bullied, or so much as spoken to, and unless you choose to mention it, nobody else would even know it happened.
There are sometimes consequences to how some of your treat each other.
In both cases I'm being forced to do something that is against my will.
No, you are not. You aren't forced to take any action. You are relieved of the privilege of taking the action of reading some posts.