Let's say someone has you blocked...

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:45pm

... because your posts upset his/her world which he/she views through rose-colored glasses and this person prefers to post sweetness and light and only positive things. And this person has announced that he/she has at least one other person blocked.

And let's say the he/she starts a thread and posts something that by any definition could be called "mean." And sort of hateful. And kind of looksist. And not surprisingly a bit homophobic.

And then let's say that you, as one of the blocked people, posts a response as does the other person that he/she has announced that he/she has blocked.

WHAT would cause that original poster to edit out the mean response and then get the thread deleted? How could the poster have known what the responses were, given that the only responses the thread got were from you and the other blockee?

It is a puzzlement. I always thought that if a negative post is posted and nobody is there to see it, it doesn't really happen.

"Rose tinnt my world and keep me safe from my trouble and pain."

Updated On: 1/13/06 at 04:45 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:50pm

Blocking the poster only removes those posts from regular view.

However, when you press reply, the reply box appears at the top of the screen and all previous posts scroll down from there--IN REVERSE ORDER.

Within this reverse order, you can see the posts from the blocked poster--even if you don't want to!

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:50pm

Why do I have the feeling you're being vague about something specific?

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:54pm

Namo, how do you know you're on ignore anyway?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:54pm

It was almost purely hypothetical!

And PJ, your response made me dizzy. Er.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:55pm

But Joey if that were the case here why would the original poster reply to his own post? No one else but the "blocked" parties had replied at the time of the deletion.

My Sister in law was "blocked" once and went to the emergency room where she was diagnosed as FOS...(full of ****) they unblocked her and sent her on her way, much relieved.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:56pm

er, I'm still trying to understand the original post, lol

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:56pm

Good idea Sue - Namo just buy some Exlax!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:39pm

Trust me on this one, that has never been an issue for me!

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:42pm

There are two versions of "blocked", as I understand it. Under "Your Settings", you can choose to block a particular poster and their posts will not appear in threads.

The more common type of blocking is to prevent someone from being able to PM you, but all their PMs are still visible in each thread.
That's usually what is going on if you try to PM someone and get the black letters announcing that "Sorry. This user does not accept PMs." Which generally means that they just don't accept PMs from YOU.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:43pm

unless they have blocked you below the waist while you were engaged with another blocker, the block is legal.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:47pm

"That's usually what is going on if you try to PM someone and get the black letters announcing that "Sorry. This user does not accept PMs." Which generally means that they just don't accept PMs from YOU"

Yes, Iflit, that also means they can give it but can't take it. Lilyliveredsapsuckers. Don't ask me what that comes from!

[robbiej]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:49pm

It's hoppin' on the board today!

[orion59]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:52pm

Namo, this is one of those age old message board questions to which we may never know the answer, "If you have me blocked, how is it that you always know what I post?"

It's a mystery that only the angelic forces know

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:54pm

"tis a mys, tis a mys, tis a mysteryyyyyyyy"

Jane, to quote Sleatter-Kinney, "I want to be your Joey Ramone."

[DG]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:57pm

"It's a mystery that only the angelic forces know"

Then all we need do is contact our omniscient angel Winston to find out the answer.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:58pm

Oh Namo, if you only could...

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:59pm

hmmm, joey ramone doing a cheerleader...musta been the scene that cut from rock n roll high school.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:02pm

Which brings us to PJ Soles and our beloved Kringas... this is like six degress of blockicization...

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:10pm

I'm leaving for work with this last thought-"I want to be sedated......"

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:12pm

I'm leaving from work with that thought! We're not so different, you and I.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:14pm

[Phantom2]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:14pm

Namo- Can you please give a real-life example instead of this anonymous, hypothetical bull****? Thanks dude.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta2]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:23pm

There are those who simply like to block people because they need to feel important and in control.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:25pm

But how do they know that the blockees have responded to them and how does people they've blocked writing something in their thread motivate them to have the thread deleted? Hypothetically?