Blocking in myLot - what it does/doesn't do

By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
January 22, 2016 7:33pm CST
Since the Blockasauruses are roaming again, I thought I'd explain what blocking/being blocked does. If you block someone: -You can still see their discussions -You can still respond on their discussions (but they won't see the response) -You can still comment on responses to their discussions (they will see them) -You can not see their responses in discussions -You can see most comments they make in discussions started by other users -You can still tag their discussions -You can still report their discussions -You can still like their discussions -You can not message them If you are blocked -You can not respond to any discussions they start -You can not comment to any responses or comments in their discussions -You can not see responses they leave in discussions -You can see any comment they leave in discussions they start -You can see many comments they leave in discussions started by other people -You can still tag their discussions -You can still report their discussions -You can still like their discussions -You can not message, follow, or block them back There may be a few items I missed, but I believe this covers most of it.
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@Mike197602 (15517)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 16
blockers
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
26 Jan 16
@topffer does topffer plan to become a plagiarist?
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@topffer (42155)
• France
23 Jan 16
I have saved this one to use it later.
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@Mike197602 (15517)
• United Kingdom
26 Jan 16
@thesids not plagiarism as the image was labelled for reuse
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@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
23 Jan 16
You didn't mention 'liking'.
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@JolietJake (50190)
23 Jan 16
Thanks, I figured I missed something, I'll add that
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@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
23 Jan 16
@JolietJake Oh, and there's messaging and blocking. Blocked users can't message or block the person blocking them. Blockers can unblock those they have blocked, of course. Can they still message them?
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@JolietJake (50190)
23 Jan 16
@owlwings They have to unblock them before they can message them
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
26 Jan 16
Why cant they get rid of the block thing now? This is becoming a menace already and is much abused. Or... do they want newer terms - Blockasauruses - to be coined almost every day
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
23 Jan 16
Yup, I was blocked too by the same certain 'blocker' - no idea why (you know I'm as harmless as can be) except maybe simply by association...
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• United States
27 Jan 16
Should I feel left out now, because even you are blocked?!
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• United States
27 Jan 16
@sishy7 I would think that I was, too, but I have not found anyone that has blocked me yet. It is not something that I do often, but once in a while I count the responders on a discussion to see whether or not I can see them all. Also, I have never tried to respond to anything and could not.
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
27 Jan 16
@purplealabaster I'd think that you are too - have you checked for certain that you're not?
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@VivaLaDani13 (60811)
• Perth, Australia
12 Jun 16
Blockasauruses HAHA! Laughed so loud it scared my cat! oops! Thank you for explaining that one!
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@Daljinder (23235)
• Bangalore, India
9 Feb 17
@VivaLaDani13 I found it funny too.
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@Daljinder (23235)
• Bangalore, India
25 Jan 16
That's a wonderful name you gave "Blockasauruses". It fits perfectly. Thanks for the information.
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@GardenGerty (164707)
• United States
28 Jan 16
Blocking is just too much trouble. I think I will avoid it.
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• United States
27 Jan 16
I remember most of this stuff but not all of it. I have actually been asked questions like this, so this discussion is good for informational purposes.
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@allknowing (149327)
• India
23 Jan 16
But surely Admin knows what they are doing and must have read all the countless posts that have been written on the subject. If they still feel that a block feature is needed who are we to object here? Most in the community I am sure are not in favour
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@Bluedoll (16770)
• Canada
23 Jan 16
Blockasauruses Defined There are two families of blockasauruses Blockasaurhypocrites Because there is more advantage to blocking than being blocked the predatory blockasaurhypocrites can play games and engage behind a mask of secrecy. They can also write rude commentaries about prey knowing full well there is little their victim can do about it. Blockasaurdefenders These are mainly grazing non meat eating solitarians. They prefer to stay away from the more aggressive areas and will never come close to or even desire to be next to a blockasaurhypocrite.
@jstory07 (145018)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Jan 16
did you cover why would you want to block someone to begin with. just delete their comment if it is bad.
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@JolietJake (50190)
23 Jan 16
I am not going into reasons why people block people, that is nothing to do with what it does
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@LadyDuck (478744)
• Italy
23 Jan 16
And quite incredibly, you can tag their discussions, even if you are blocked.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
23 Jan 16
It's the Doyouthinkhesaurus that I fear most...
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
23 Jan 16
Good idea. I read the famous blocker post complaining about why she can still see our stuff. Now maybe she'll get a clue and so will others.
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@celticeagle (176861)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jan 16
Some people just live in lala land and nothing will get to them.
@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
28 Jan 16
It's a shame you can't block the person back! I mean if someone blocked me then trash talk on my discussions...what can I do to deal with that? Nadda that seems very counter intuitive