There are people who expect you to reciprocate... does that hold true for blocking as well?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52208)
Staten Island, New York
September 28, 2018 2:30pm CST
There are people who...
"Follow" you and expect you to "follow" them back.
"Like" your post and expect you to "like" theirs.
Respond to your discussion and expect you to respond to theirs.
And if you don't do that they forget your existence.
I wonder if they think the same way when it comes to blocking... 
They block you and you are to block them back!
But what happens if you don't block them?
Do they pretend you don't exist?
Do they complain about you not blocking them?
Or do they unblock you but then ignore you anyway?
They block you and you are to block them back!
But what happens if you don't block them?
Do they pretend you don't exist?
Do they complain about you not blocking them?
Or do they unblock you but then ignore you anyway?2 people like this
3 responses
@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
28 Sep 18
I for one do not expect anyone to follow me, for those that do follow me that great. As far as for me, As far as for me, I respond to discussions that interest me, I have never felt that anyone pressures me to do anything on here. Just because a person follow me, I don't they they expect me to follow them back, if they do their in bad shape as far as that's concerned because I really don't follow anybody.
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
29 Sep 18
If someone has blocked you, you cannot 'block them back'. It only works one way.
They will still see your posts (and can respond to them, though you won't be able to see their responses unless you log out) but, while you can see their posts, you cannot respond to them (though you may be able to comment on responses by others who haven't blocked you).
It's really a rather unfair and flawed system when it's used as a 'punishment'. It should really only ever be used as a temporary measure to prevent certain people from real harassment and trolling (any such behaviour should always be reported to Admin who will usually ban any real and persistent offenders or, at the least, send them a warning).
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Sep 18
I don't think blocking should exist. If anything it should only be used if one person is being harassed or abused by another, in which case admin should be notified and they should be the one to "block" the wrongdoer.
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
30 Sep 18
@lovebuglena I believe that it was intended as a way of temporarily preventing trolls and serious harassers from interacting with people. Of course, anyone who does that sort of thing is very often banned permanently by Admin as soon as he becomes aware of it. You cannot really have a system where Admin does the blocking, it has to be available to individual members.
It's unfortunate that it can also be used as a kind of 'talk to the hand' action in cases where someone simply disagrees with another person or just thinks them 'rude'. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, of course, and we all have a perfect right not to talk to or listen to someone if we don't want to (and there are ways in which we can do that in real life).
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
28 Sep 18
There is no way you can. When someone blocks you, its over! But you can see they posted when you are on the most recent and you can read there posts, you just cannot comment.
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Sep 18
So, if I can still their posts what is the point of the block? To just not give us the chance to say something, which in turns prevents them from earning? I'd think if I were blocked I shouldn't be able to see anything they post... like on FB.
