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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Doesn't really bother me to be honest. It's easy enough to ignore and not interact. It could make the forum quite unreadable depending on the amount of people someone has blocked.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nah. I have blocked people whose opinions I really don’t like but not every post of theirs is going to be the shit I blocked them for. I block mostly as a note to self and then usually read my notes on why I blocked.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
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Personally, nope. I've been on a site that does this and it makes forum discussion quite fractured. I just don't want the blocked profile to see mine or be able to message me. |
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It would be a good thing to have, I mean if you've blocked someone for being pushy or aggressive, you don't exactly want them seeing what socials etc your attending if their on the forums. I think it would be a good safety feature in that respect.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
Personally, nope. I've been on a site that does this and it makes forum discussion quite fractured. I just don't want the blocked profile to see mine or be able to message me. "
Agreed.
Although I think it works well as a feature on twitter I must admit. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
Personally, nope. I've been on a site that does this and it makes forum discussion quite fractured. I just don't want the blocked profile to see mine or be able to message me.
Agreed.
Although I think it works well as a feature on twitter I must admit. "
It does actually. In about 10 years Fab will have the technology to manage it well.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I blocked my mates aunt on here ages ago
Yet that still doesn't stop her giving me the middle finger when I see her out in the local pub.
True story.
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
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This would be brilliant. It's a common feature on other forums and has been for decades. It's just that Fab is a bit stuck in the late 90s or early 00s. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm not bothered ....
But a way for some people to block others forum posts would help some threads here !
Although I don't block for ppls views... Just shit messages. Or being a bit obsessive ... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
This would be brilliant. It's a common feature on other forums and has been for decades. It's just that Fab is a bit stuck in the late 90s or early 00s."
That’s a time most of its users want to go back to |
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"I imagine bit would seriously impact on the ease of reading some threads making them quite difficult to follow."
A forum I use has a toggle option.
So if I block user Arsehole (apologies to actual user Arsehole, if they exist) instead of a post from Arsehole, it'll say "post from blocked user Arsehole. Click to view/hide".
It's not a difficult thing to learn to navigate |
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"I imagine bit would seriously impact on the ease of reading some threads making them quite difficult to follow.
A forum I use has a toggle option.
So if I block user Arsehole (apologies to actual user Arsehole, if they exist) instead of a post from Arsehole, it'll say "post from blocked user Arsehole. Click to view/hide".
It's not a difficult thing to learn to navigate"
I'm sure it isn't. Probably even I could manage it  |
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"I imagine bit would seriously impact on the ease of reading some threads making them quite difficult to follow.
A forum I use has a toggle option.
So if I block user Arsehole (apologies to actual user Arsehole, if they exist) instead of a post from Arsehole, it'll say "post from blocked user Arsehole. Click to view/hide".
It's not a difficult thing to learn to navigate
I'm sure it isn't. Probably even I could manage it "
 I wasn't implying anything about you or anyone! |
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"I imagine bit would seriously impact on the ease of reading some threads making them quite difficult to follow.
A forum I use has a toggle option.
So if I block user Arsehole (apologies to actual user Arsehole, if they exist) instead of a post from Arsehole, it'll say "post from blocked user Arsehole. Click to view/hide".
It's not a difficult thing to learn to navigate
I'm sure it isn't. Probably even I could manage it
I wasn't implying anything about you or anyone!"
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I think a toggle or something would reduce the number of forum spats. If it takes an extra step to look at the output of a poster that gets your blood pressure up.
On other forums, I've seen "show post from Arsehole" and thought to myself "yeah I won't be doing that today". While without the block - they're words. I read the words. Sometimes without realising that Arsehole wrote it, until after I'm already annoyed |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I block people I don't want to meet and people who direct message me from the forum. I am not bothered if they or I can still see each others posts.
Also bear in mind a lot of Fab members don't use the forum anyway.
It would be good if members who have reported someone for abuse could have them blocked on forum though. |
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Nah. I rarely block from the forum as most discussions I have on here stay here. If they started to DM me and be rude etc then I block them. I don't mind having discussions with people who's views I disagree with.
Blocking their posts on a public forum simply because you don't like the person seems a bit ott to me. |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"Yesterday I posted a lovely poem about the Queen's passing that I had found on a prominent social media site. The one, if you believe the disclaimers on people's profile, that owns, part owns or has a controlling interest in Fab.
The poem gave credit to its author I had no intention of promoting that site however I found myself banned from posting on the forum for 24hrs.
Have Mods no common sense or compassion? OK remove the post but is banning me proportionate?
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Yes
If everyone is allowed to post links because they think it is a good cause, then the rule would be pointless. Disputing a ban on the forum is also against forum rules. Maybe have a read of them before you next post, here is the link.
https://www.fabswingers.com/content/forum-rules
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think it would be good to have the option of:
1. Block on full site, including forum posts
Or
2. Block profile, continue to see forum posts
I personally would always opt for option 1.
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"I imagine bit would seriously impact on the ease of reading some threads making them quite difficult to follow.
A forum I use has a toggle option.
So if I block user Arsehole (apologies to actual user Arsehole, if they exist) instead of a post from Arsehole, it'll say "post from blocked user Arsehole. Click to view/hide".
It's not a difficult thing to learn to navigate"
Yep. Exactly this. It's very sensible and really common on more up-to-date forums. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else. |
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else. "
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts. |
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts. "
Of course it would if you think about it. Say I start a thread and I have 6 people blocked Those people would be completely banned from commenting on my post.
Say I comment on somebody else's post And 5 people reply to that Using reply and quote They also wouldn't be able to see that.
It would definitely mean that some people would be excluded from quite a lot of the forum content.
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts. "
Yes, that's the way it's worked on several forums I've used - by default you don't see their posts. Otherwise nothing changes. |
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts.
Of course it would if you think about it. Say I start a thread and I have 6 people blocked Those people would be completely banned from commenting on my post.
Say I comment on somebody else's post And 5 people reply to that Using reply and quote They also wouldn't be able to see that.
It would definitely mean that some people would be excluded from quite a lot of the forum content.
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That's not how forum blocks work, though. Anyone can comment or reply as normal. You personally just wouldn't see it. As discussed earlier in this thread, you'd see a message that says "[Person You Blocked] has commented. Show / Hide."
Seriously, this isn't some mad untested sci-fi technology we're making up as we go along. This has existed, and been successfully implemented on countless other forums, for decades. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts.
Of course it would if you think about it. Say I start a thread and I have 6 people blocked Those people would be completely banned from commenting on my post.
Say I comment on somebody else's post And 5 people reply to that Using reply and quote They also wouldn't be able to see that.
It would definitely mean that some people would be excluded from quite a lot of the forum content.
That's not how forum blocks work, though. Anyone can comment or reply as normal. You personally just wouldn't see it. As discussed earlier in this thread, you'd see a message that says "[Person You Blocked] has commented. Show / Hide."
Seriously, this isn't some mad untested sci-fi technology we're making up as we go along. This has existed, and been successfully implemented on countless other forums, for decades."
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying. |
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts.
Of course it would if you think about it. Say I start a thread and I have 6 people blocked Those people would be completely banned from commenting on my post.
Say I comment on somebody else's post And 5 people reply to that Using reply and quote They also wouldn't be able to see that.
It would definitely mean that some people would be excluded from quite a lot of the forum content.
That's not how forum blocks work, though. Anyone can comment or reply as normal. You personally just wouldn't see it. As discussed earlier in this thread, you'd see a message that says "[Person You Blocked] has commented. Show / Hide."
Seriously, this isn't some mad untested sci-fi technology we're making up as we go along. This has existed, and been successfully implemented on countless other forums, for decades.
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying. "
I don't think you understand what we're saying, in our experience of using such systems.
Yes, it's a bit off-putting to open a thread and not be able to immediately see the OP. But it doesn't stop anyone from posting anything. And you can still see it if you toggle it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts.
Of course it would if you think about it. Say I start a thread and I have 6 people blocked Those people would be completely banned from commenting on my post.
Say I comment on somebody else's post And 5 people reply to that Using reply and quote They also wouldn't be able to see that.
It would definitely mean that some people would be excluded from quite a lot of the forum content.
That's not how forum blocks work, though. Anyone can comment or reply as normal. You personally just wouldn't see it. As discussed earlier in this thread, you'd see a message that says "[Person You Blocked] has commented. Show / Hide."
Seriously, this isn't some mad untested sci-fi technology we're making up as we go along. This has existed, and been successfully implemented on countless other forums, for decades.
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying.
I don't think you understand what we're saying, in our experience of using such systems.
Yes, it's a bit off-putting to open a thread and not be able to immediately see the OP. But it doesn't stop anyone from posting anything. And you can still see it if you toggle it."
Of course it does say for example I start a thread anybody I have blocked is barred from commenting on that thread. There are people that will use this as a way deliberately excluding people and there is no denying that. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why somebody who has been blocked shouldn't be able to see what you have posted, There are rules in place already to stop people using the forums and Cam rooms to get round a block. |
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
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Blocked should be blocked..I don't want to see their forums profile status etc and don't want them seeing any of mine. |
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By *ister C OP Man
over a year ago
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
Blocked should be blocked..I don't want to see their forums profile status etc and don't want them seeing any of mine."
But what if you blocked them simply because they didn't meet your meeting criteria... surely you would still enter into a discussion with them? |
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts.
Of course it would if you think about it. Say I start a thread and I have 6 people blocked Those people would be completely banned from commenting on my post.
Say I comment on somebody else's post And 5 people reply to that Using reply and quote They also wouldn't be able to see that.
It would definitely mean that some people would be excluded from quite a lot of the forum content.
That's not how forum blocks work, though. Anyone can comment or reply as normal. You personally just wouldn't see it. As discussed earlier in this thread, you'd see a message that says "[Person You Blocked] has commented. Show / Hide."
Seriously, this isn't some mad untested sci-fi technology we're making up as we go along. This has existed, and been successfully implemented on countless other forums, for decades.
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying.
I don't think you understand what we're saying, in our experience of using such systems.
Yes, it's a bit off-putting to open a thread and not be able to immediately see the OP. But it doesn't stop anyone from posting anything. And you can still see it if you toggle it.
Of course it does say for example I start a thread anybody I have blocked is barred from commenting on that thread. There are people that will use this as a way deliberately excluding people and there is no denying that. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why somebody who has been blocked shouldn't be able to see what you have posted, There are rules in place already to stop people using the forums and Cam rooms to get round a block. "
In what forum, here or otherwise, does a block stop someone from engaging in a thread?
I've never seen such a thing and it's not what we're suggesting. You're arguing against something that we're not saying. |
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
Blocked should be blocked..I don't want to see their forums profile status etc and don't want them seeing any of mine.
But what if you blocked them simply because they didn't meet your meeting criteria... surely you would still enter into a discussion with them? "
Nope not interested is not interested.. I don't entertain what doesn't fit. I don't have fake friends either we get along align or we don't. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts.
Of course it would if you think about it. Say I start a thread and I have 6 people blocked Those people would be completely banned from commenting on my post.
Say I comment on somebody else's post And 5 people reply to that Using reply and quote They also wouldn't be able to see that.
It would definitely mean that some people would be excluded from quite a lot of the forum content.
That's not how forum blocks work, though. Anyone can comment or reply as normal. You personally just wouldn't see it. As discussed earlier in this thread, you'd see a message that says "[Person You Blocked] has commented. Show / Hide."
Seriously, this isn't some mad untested sci-fi technology we're making up as we go along. This has existed, and been successfully implemented on countless other forums, for decades.
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying.
I don't think you understand what we're saying, in our experience of using such systems.
Yes, it's a bit off-putting to open a thread and not be able to immediately see the OP. But it doesn't stop anyone from posting anything. And you can still see it if you toggle it.
Of course it does say for example I start a thread anybody I have blocked is barred from commenting on that thread. There are people that will use this as a way deliberately excluding people and there is no denying that. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why somebody who has been blocked shouldn't be able to see what you have posted, There are rules in place already to stop people using the forums and Cam rooms to get round a block.
In what forum, here or otherwise, does a block stop someone from engaging in a thread?
I've never seen such a thing and it's not what we're suggesting. You're arguing against something that we're not saying."
No purpose whatsoever would be served by people not being able to see someone's forum posts it's as simple as that. So it's pointless changing it. |
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over a year ago
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
Blocked should be blocked..I don't want to see their forums profile status etc and don't want them seeing any of mine.
But what if you blocked them simply because they didn't meet your meeting criteria... surely you would still enter into a discussion with them?
Nope not interested is not interested.. I don't entertain what doesn't fit. I don't have fake friends either we get along align or we don't."
So because you wouldn't meet someone sexually means you don't want to see their opinions on things? The forums is quite separate to the rest of the site in a lot of ways. |
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts.
Of course it would if you think about it. Say I start a thread and I have 6 people blocked Those people would be completely banned from commenting on my post.
Say I comment on somebody else's post And 5 people reply to that Using reply and quote They also wouldn't be able to see that.
It would definitely mean that some people would be excluded from quite a lot of the forum content.
That's not how forum blocks work, though. Anyone can comment or reply as normal. You personally just wouldn't see it. As discussed earlier in this thread, you'd see a message that says "[Person You Blocked] has commented. Show / Hide."
Seriously, this isn't some mad untested sci-fi technology we're making up as we go along. This has existed, and been successfully implemented on countless other forums, for decades.
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying.
I don't think you understand what we're saying, in our experience of using such systems.
Yes, it's a bit off-putting to open a thread and not be able to immediately see the OP. But it doesn't stop anyone from posting anything. And you can still see it if you toggle it.
Of course it does say for example I start a thread anybody I have blocked is barred from commenting on that thread. There are people that will use this as a way deliberately excluding people and there is no denying that. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why somebody who has been blocked shouldn't be able to see what you have posted, There are rules in place already to stop people using the forums and Cam rooms to get round a block.
In what forum, here or otherwise, does a block stop someone from engaging in a thread?
I've never seen such a thing and it's not what we're suggesting. You're arguing against something that we're not saying.
No purpose whatsoever would be served by people not being able to see someone's forum posts it's as simple as that. So it's pointless changing it. "
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"I think it would be a terrible idea to not be able to see people you have blocked posts. Firstly there would be potentially gaps in posts that then wouldn't make sense also you wouldn't be able to see anything anybody had quoted to that person. Also potentially if A lot of people blocked that person they potentially wouldn't be able to post very much on the forums. An in my opinion that would be tantamount to bullying because it wouldn't take a lot for a group of people to decide to block the same person so they couldn't use the forums in the same way as everyone else.
Blocking someone would only mean you didn't see their posts. It wouldn't affect their ability to post at all. They wouldn't even know someone wasn't seeing their posts.
Of course it would if you think about it. Say I start a thread and I have 6 people blocked Those people would be completely banned from commenting on my post.
Say I comment on somebody else's post And 5 people reply to that Using reply and quote They also wouldn't be able to see that.
It would definitely mean that some people would be excluded from quite a lot of the forum content.
That's not how forum blocks work, though. Anyone can comment or reply as normal. You personally just wouldn't see it. As discussed earlier in this thread, you'd see a message that says "[Person You Blocked] has commented. Show / Hide."
Seriously, this isn't some mad untested sci-fi technology we're making up as we go along. This has existed, and been successfully implemented on countless other forums, for decades.
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying.
I don't think you understand what we're saying, in our experience of using such systems.
Yes, it's a bit off-putting to open a thread and not be able to immediately see the OP. But it doesn't stop anyone from posting anything. And you can still see it if you toggle it.
Of course it does say for example I start a thread anybody I have blocked is barred from commenting on that thread. There are people that will use this as a way deliberately excluding people and there is no denying that. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why somebody who has been blocked shouldn't be able to see what you have posted, There are rules in place already to stop people using the forums and Cam rooms to get round a block.
In what forum, here or otherwise, does a block stop someone from engaging in a thread?
I've never seen such a thing and it's not what we're suggesting. You're arguing against something that we're not saying.
No purpose whatsoever would be served by people not being able to see someone's forum posts it's as simple as that. So it's pointless changing it.
I believe points were addressed above. But you do you "
And I disagree with them and I also think you're constant you be you is rather condescending. I don't need your permission to post anything or disagree with anything. |
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
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It would make some of the threads look disjointed so i don't think it's a good idea.
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"Say you have someone blocked.
Would you like a feature that see's their forum posts blocked from your view too?
Thoughts...?
N.B. I understand the open premise of the forum and it's nature.
It would make some of the threads look disjointed so i don't think it's a good idea.
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I agree .. I only have 2 people blocked but I'm sure ive been blocked by some . And that's fine it's their issue not mine ..
But not to see their forum posts is too far |
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