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By *bi Haive OP   Man
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

...that people you've blocked can read your forum posts?

Seems to be a few who feel that if blocked someone should not be able to see your forum contributions and vice versa!

Seems a bit 'playground' to me - and would make a thread pretty tricky reading if there were multiple posts blank throughout the thread. People block for many reasons, sometimes simply because they don't wish to have private conversations or to have people viewing their pics and verifications (for whatever reason!)

I don't see how not seeing their posts or them seeing yours is an issue, as this bears no impact on how two profiles that have blocked each other use the site.

Am I missing something? Interested in the thoughts of others!

A

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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago

Bristol

Guess it really depends on why you've blocked someone.

There are so many reasons for blocking people that some will simply not care, and some will think it's vital.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That would make reading threads a nightmare, as there may be chunks of conversation missing out. Would make more sense to leave the post, but remove the name if it was from somebody who blocked you. Either idea sounds pointless to me though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like the fact that what they can see here might irritate them

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

It doesn't bother me. Sometimes it reaffirms that they should stay blocked. I daresay that works for those who have blocked me on grounds of nincompoopcy, too

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By *imwildWoman
over a year ago

around


"...that people you've blocked can read your forum posts?

Seems to be a few who feel that if blocked someone should not be able to see your forum contributions and vice versa!

Seems a bit 'playground' to me - and would make a thread pretty tricky reading if there were multiple posts blank throughout the thread. People block for many reasons, sometimes simply because they don't wish to have private conversations or to have people viewing their pics and verifications (for whatever reason!)

I don't see how not seeing their posts or them seeing yours is an issue, as this bears no impact on how two profiles that have blocked each other use the site.

Am I missing something? Interested in the thoughts of others!

A"

Agree. Its a forum not a chat room.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I'm not bothered in the slightest I imagine that threads would be very tricky to read if we couldn't read posts from those we've blocked and vice versa. I really hope it doesn't happen.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I havent blocked anyone yet so nothing to worry about

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By (user no longer on site)
Forum Mod
over a year ago

It doesn't bother me at all but sometimes you know by reading a thread that certain people have blocked each other because one or both parties just can't stop having little digs at each other,that just seems childish

If you have blocked someone then why even entertain their posts on a forum? just ignore them

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By *verysmileMan
over a year ago

Canterbury

If you don't want people to see your posts. ....then don't post. It's your choice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its easy to avoid threads started by people blocked...

So the system works fine as it is.

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By *educedWoman
over a year ago

Birmingham

I ain't bothered but then again, I have yet to block anyone.

Maybe I will be blocked before that happens.

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By *udistnorthantsMan
over a year ago

Desborough

Not bothered in the slightest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to post on an unmoderated board on another site. Posts by blocked people did not show up. To see what the blocked accounts were saying about them people used to set up alt accounts. What looks like a lively and heated debate to outsiders was in fact two people arguing and using 20 different alt accounts each to do it. It's a farce

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By *adybee77Woman
over a year ago

MAMOBA, miles and miles of bugger all (Aberdeenshire)

I block people I don't wish to play with - that doesn't mean I cannot be grown up and appreciate their input to the forum.

There are a few people who I avoid their posts as we just do not see eye-to-eye and there is no point in reading to just feel frustrated.

Missing posts would be very peculiar and make the forum seem bitty and all over the place.

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By *histler21Man
over a year ago

Ipswich

I mostly block because people have said they are not interested in me - and it's a way of me not accidentally asking them again.

I might still be interested in what they say in the forums though.

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By (user no longer on site)
Forum Mod
over a year ago


"I used to post on an unmoderated board on another site. Posts by blocked people did not show up. To see what the blocked accounts were saying about them people used to set up alt accounts. What looks like a lively and heated debate to outsiders was in fact two people arguing and using 20 different alt accounts each to do it. It's a farce"

Its similar on here when people with loads of accounts start agreeing with each other or backing each other up when one is in a heated discussion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Who said that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If they've blocked you and it bothers you that they can see your posts you probably have issues, move on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If they've blocked you and it bothers you that they can see your posts you probably have issues, move on "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Could not care either way. Seeing their posts normally remind us why they were blocked in the first place

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"It doesn't bother me at all but sometimes you know by reading a thread that certain people have blocked each other because one or both parties just can't stop having little digs at each other,that just seems childish

If you have blocked someone then why even entertain their posts on a forum? just ignore them

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Witnessed this over the weekend. Was quite uncomfortable reading

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well I don't block and if I am I don't know it. So I don't care ... I am in jo s world when on here ... what others say and do I will not let it get to me .. Its cyber space and not face to face so not real in my eyes .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People need to just grow up and act their bloody age.

It's like little girls and boys running around on here. Annoys the fuck out of me sometimes. Especially, when many complain about a particular individual, a particular post or what have you. But, they still chase that person for attention or go around stalking them.

The mind baffles! Or maybe i'm just a simple guy who doesn't like immature bullshit.

(I'm ranting a lot lately aren't i? )

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"People need to just grow up and act their bloody age.

It's like little girls and boys running around on here. Annoys the fuck out of me sometimes. Especially, when many complain about a particular individual, a particular post or what have you. But, they still chase that person for attention or go around stalking them.

The mind baffles! Or maybe i'm just a simple guy who doesn't like immature bullshit.

(I'm ranting a lot lately aren't i? )"

I concur 100%

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I couldn't give two hoots, if I have blocked someone, they have no recourse to react to any post I make other than in the forum itself. So what, I don't have to get into an argument with them.

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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago

Catthorpe

No qualms at all. Not all our blocks are because we don't like someone there's a multitude of reasons why, location, never going to meet etc etc. Agreed on many a occasion and enjoyed forum posts from those we've blocked and those that have blocked us, we really don't have an issue with it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

..its almost funny that they get wound up over stuff in the forums...watching them drop basic snarky little comments in a shite attempt to wind folk up who have blocked them

On the flip side, I and another member have each other blocked and chat fairly normaly on the forums...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People use the block tool for many logisticalreasons other than just personality clashes. In most cases it really shouldn't be a problem

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

I dont care who has blocked me or why.

I dont care what they hink of my opinions either.

Rather than block some people I just ignore them on the forums, I was never going to inbox them anyway.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Catherine Tate as her infamous character Lauren I think of her .. I aint bothered.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"People need to just grow up and act their bloody age.

It's like little girls and boys running around on here. Annoys the fuck out of me sometimes. Especially, when many complain about a particular individual, a particular post or what have you. But, they still chase that person for attention or go around stalking them.

The mind baffles! Or maybe i'm just a simple guy who doesn't like immature bullshit.

(I'm ranting a lot lately aren't i? )

I concur 100%"

& me!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"...that people you've blocked can read your forum posts?

Seems to be a few who feel that if blocked someone should not be able to see your forum contributions and vice versa!

Seems a bit 'playground' to me - and would make a thread pretty tricky reading if there were multiple posts blank throughout the thread. People block for many reasons, sometimes simply because they don't wish to have private conversations or to have people viewing their pics and verifications (for whatever reason!)

I don't see how not seeing their posts or them seeing yours is an issue, as this bears no impact on how two profiles that have blocked each other use the site.

Am I missing something? Interested in the thoughts of others!

A"

Not in the slightest

I have not given it a single thought

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

nope.... not at all..

they may well make an interesting point every so often.... I doubt it! but they say if blind squirrels can find nuts....

if i am replying in the forum... its to a point, not the person who made it....

if people are that childish... you always have the option to walk on by.... just like in that think we like to call "real life"....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

nope!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not really. I find it difficult to give that much of a shit. Most of the people I have blocked, it's just as a tool to stop repeated messages when I'm not interested, rather than because I actively dislike them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Seems to be a few who feel that if blocked someone should not be able to see your forum contributions and vice versa!"

No, couldn't care less.

I block people for god reasons, for bad reasons or for hardly any reason at all.

I would still like to dialogue in the forums, and who knows, they might be a totally different person if I stumbled upon them in a club.

I'm of the impression some people are slightly more aggressive with their words online than they would ever be in Real Life...

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

No, but I've never fallen out with anyone or had a real stalker - I can imagine in such cases it might feel awkward.

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

As long as they don't use the forums to get around a block I see no issue.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't block people from the forums. They would only be blocked if they asked to meet me and I said no thank you. I wouldn't care a jot if someone I had blocked could see what I wrote or if they conversed with other users in private about me. I have very oily feathers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't care

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

I don't care. But then I don't really get into many arguments on the forums and most of the people I've blocked don't post in here anyway.

It is annoying when someone tries to contact me on the forums after I've blocked them and explained why though!!

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

From a mods point of view I used to think it would be better if the people blocked from each other couldn't see each others posts , but people would probably just get another account or read when offline to see anyway.

From a personal point of view...if people cant read a thread while avoiding posts they don't want to read then maybe they need to move on from whatever it is that's bothering them about the person.

Anyone can be avoided if you put your mind to it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If we block people its because we do not wish to chat with them privately however we do not have an issue with reading or even responding to them on a forum as long as its on topic and not asking why we have blocked them and to be honest to date we have never had this.

What i do find very childish is people who state publicly they block someone because of their forum posts, why do that? In most instances they would never email one another anyway!!

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo


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It is annoying when someone tries to contact me on the forums after I've blocked them and explained why though!!"

Don't forget that's against rules and if not dealt with already report it

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By *lan43sumMan
over a year ago

Leicester

It troubles me a bit that people on forums look to want you to help them but forget that they have filters preventing you contacting them. Otherwise I hope the forums stay as open as possible. Free speech etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It doesn't bother me. Sometimes it reaffirms that they should stay blocked. I daresay that works for those who have blocked me on grounds of nincompoopcy, too "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nope.

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent


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It is annoying when someone tries to contact me on the forums after I've blocked them and explained why though!!

Don't forget that's against rules and if not dealt with already report it "

I have ruggers xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It aint bothering me lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No doesnt bother me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It troubles me a bit that people on forums look to want you to help them but forget that they have filters preventing you contacting them. Otherwise I hope the forums stay as open as possible. Free speech etc."

Yes but do they want YOU to help them, or are they asking for advice from the members of the site in general?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I havent blocked anyone yet so nothing to worry about"

But what if the person with the definitive answer to life the thread and everything has blocked you

It's a no vote from me, would be quite cpu intensive too, slowing down the forums for all.

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By *isa 59Woman
over a year ago

Newcastle

I usually only block if someone is outside of my preferences for a meet or if I'm outside of theirs as it saves us both search/reading time in the future...that doesn't mean that I may not be interested in their forum views so I'm happy with things as they currently stand

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo


"It troubles me a bit that people on forums look to want you to help them but forget that they have filters preventing you contacting them. Otherwise I hope the forums stay as open as possible. Free speech etc."

They could just want answers on the thread

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By *igertigerCouple (MM)
over a year ago

cc hotel

if it matters just don't post in the forums....simple. lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've only blocked a couple of folk and doubt they read the forums,wouldn't bother me anyhow I see it as being quite petty n trivial.

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By *lttattoocoupleCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

U blocked somebody specifically because of forums and was dissapointed. Ah well quickly moved on

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