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Post by awhina on Feb 26, 2017 9:49:04 GMT
People I have "blocked" continue to read what I write and to post happily their rantings.
Why?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 9:51:21 GMT
People I have "blocked" continue to read what I write and to post happily their rantings. Why? Why should you be able to determine who is able to read your posts? If their postings are blocked from your sight, then the block function is working as it should be. |
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Post by awhina on Feb 26, 2017 9:53:23 GMT
People I have "blocked" continue to read what I write and to post happily their rantings. Why? Why should you be able to determine who is able to read your posts? If their postings are blocked from your sight, then the block function is working as it should be. Sigh. You seem to not even know how it's supposed to work. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 9:53:41 GMT
But I thought that was how the original imdb worked too?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 9:57:09 GMT
Why should you be able to determine who is able to read your posts? If their postings are blocked from your sight, then the block function is working as it should be. Sigh. You seem to not even know how it's supposed to work. That is how it's supposed to work. You can use it to protect your fragile ego from being insulted, but you cannot prevent people from insulting you based on what you post. It would be absurd if such a feature existed which enabled a user to hide their postings from another, and could be used by the 'ignorer' to slander the person that they had blocked without that person being able to defend themselves. |
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Post by awhina on Feb 26, 2017 10:01:44 GMT
But I thought that was how the original imdb worked too? This is supposed to be different. Instead it doesn't work at all. |
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Post by Sulla on Feb 26, 2017 10:05:36 GMT
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Post by MCDemuth on Feb 26, 2017 10:09:05 GMT
But I thought that was how the original imdb worked too? At IMDb you could add members to an ignore list, and then you could NOT see their threads or their posts. But sadly, they could still see what you would post, and they could reply to it. It doesn't look like much is different here. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 10:10:33 GMT
But I thought that was how the original imdb worked too? At IMDb you could add members to an ignore list, and then you could NOT see their threads or their posts. But sadly, they could still see what you would post, and they could reply to it. It doesn't look like much is different here. But honestly, how pathetic would it be if people were able to hide their postings from those on their block list? Of course, there would be people who would use it for nefarious reasons to libel someone, and not just by cowards. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 10:23:13 GMT
People I have "blocked" continue to read what I write and to post happily their rantings. Why? So let me get this straight. You want to hide what you write from certain posters(me being one) so they can't see when you slander them(As with Big Al when you called him a racist) or make up lies about what they've actually said. It seems the delicate little snowflake can dish it out but doesn't want to take it. You have the emotional maturity of a spoilt teenager. |
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Post by puvo on Feb 26, 2017 10:59:55 GMT
But I thought that was how the original imdb worked too? This is supposed to be different. Instead it doesn't work at all. Where did you get the idea that ignore worked differently here, in that specific way? Making it so they can't see your posts isn't something on the list of things you can do with the "Block Member" function. One difference that is annoying, but unrelated, is you can still see the threads of the people you block/ignore. Not their posts, but their threads are still there. |
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Post by shadrack on Feb 26, 2017 12:55:20 GMT
But I thought that was how the original imdb worked too? This is supposed to be different. Instead it doesn't work at all. How it's "supposed" to work is entirely subjective. On Facebook, apparently, when you block someone it prevents them from seeing some of your posts, however on this board, it doesn't. It's not like there's some universal industry standard definition of blocking someone that specifies precisely what it does and does not prevent. Facebook just defines it one way. Proboards defines it another way. Some other site will define it some other way. None of them are correct, nor are any of them incorrect. They're just different. What you call "supposed to", is really just what you're used to. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Feb 26, 2017 13:27:32 GMT
People I have "blocked" continue to read what I write and to post happily their rantings. Why? Their "rantings" are blocked, The one that doesn't like them is the person blocking them. They may have no issue with you beyond disagreement. |
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Post by chasallnut on Feb 26, 2017 14:03:17 GMT
People I have "blocked" continue to read what I write and to post happily their rantings. Why? That is no different to the way the IMDb boards worked, why should these be any different?
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Post by progressiveelement on Feb 26, 2017 14:08:48 GMT
Why not?
What have you got to hide?
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Post by chasallnut on Feb 26, 2017 14:13:37 GMT
Why not? What have you got to hide? 😆 I would imagine if people did not want their posts read then they should not post them. If someone feels that the content of what they post should be read by a select few, it would mean they are saying something they shouldn't. In that case they should just send a private message. |
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Post by progressiveelement on Feb 26, 2017 14:15:24 GMT
Why not? What have you got to hide? 😆 I would imagine if people did not want their posts read then they should not post them. If someone feels that the content of what they post should be read by a select few, it would mean they are saying something they shouldn't. In that case they should just send a private message. Poor Ada, these public messaging things confuse her so.  |
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Post by chasallnut on Feb 26, 2017 14:17:04 GMT
I would imagine if people did not want their posts read then they should not post them. If someone feels that the content of what they post should be read by a select few, it would mean they are saying something they shouldn't. In that case they should just send a private message. Poor Ada, these public messaging things confuse her so. |
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Post by phludowin on Feb 26, 2017 14:18:19 GMT
This is supposed to be different. Instead it doesn't work at all. Where did you get the idea that ignore worked differently here, in that specific way? Making it so they can't see your posts isn't something on the list of things you can do with the "Block Member" function. One difference that is annoying, but unrelated, is you can still see the threads of the people you block/ignore. Not their posts, but their threads are still there. Maybe this setting is only visible immediately after blocking a poster. I just did a test and temporarily blocked a poster. There are four checkboxes; the one with the "Block posts" is usually not checked. But after I checked it and edited my profile under "privacy", there was a fifth checkbox there, with "block member's thread" or something like it. After revisiting this setting later, this checkbox was gone, and I didn't find a way to block the threads. Maybe it's a glitch; or maybe it only works as long as you have not made a post of the poster in question visible. This is something that is an improvement over the old board: You don't have to unblock a poster to view a post in a particular thread; you can view posts on a post by post basis. |
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Post by islandmur on Feb 26, 2017 15:48:59 GMT
This is supposed to be different. Instead it doesn't work at all. How it's "supposed" to work is entirely subjective. On Facebook, apparently, when you block someone it prevents them from seeing some of your posts, however on this board, it doesn't. It's not like there's some universal industry standard definition of blocking someone that specifies precisely what it does and does not prevent. Facebook just defines it one way. Proboards defines it another way. Some other site will define it some other way. None of them are correct, nor are any of them incorrect. They're just different. What you call "supposed to", is really just what you're used to. On facebook you can block people only on your personal page. It's not a chat board, and your page is to whatever privacy you set for it. It's personal. This is a public forum. You don't like someone you can block them and that only means you can't see what they posts. You have no power to block what other people see that would be an invasion on them. |
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