"Does it really matter why you have been blocked
?
You will have still been blocked knowing or not knowing x"
The devil's in the detail - atm, most people get nothing, the suggestion wasn't for people to get an itemisation of why a member wasn't proceding, potentially even any reason, but for blockers to have an option to send a brief message, such as an individually worded piece.
So, just now we get lots of members who block others, and blockees who don't know what may be happening. There's nothing wrong about using the block facility, that's a member's prerogative, and stops further contact etc, and it's a good tool to have. The concept was to give an option to say goodbye, goodluck, or whatever to the member who's being blocked, and let them know the state of finality. This would seem a mature way to end some contact that has been established, but not almost certainly won't be needed by everyone, nor for everyone who should be blocked.
People deal with rejection in their own way, and no system will ever have users not complaining - that's a fact of life, pretty much, so we won't cure those 2 ills.
I suggested the idea for improvement, as 1. people have said quite frequently that they'd like to know something and 2. I have no idea whether this has been considered before, what the potential investment would be, nor how favourably it would be received. Generally something that is an optional item doesn't have any conditional force meaning that anyone must use it in a mandatory sense: that was how I intended it to be. If it was compulsory, I wouldn't welcome it. However, I do empathise with those who have commented on blocks, hence the suggestion, as a way to address some needs. If it had huge investment implications, I'd not do it; if it was less burdensome, then it could be worth considering. As admin have said, it appears something similar is implemented on a sister site, so there's some experience, tho I don't know what exactly its form is, nor how it's used, so can't comment. |
It's as good to educate people that if you don't get a reply, it means not interested.
Admin x
