Well as i said, if its just because you don't want to see certain posts there is no big use in sending them a notification about it. If someone is getting on my nerves just because he keeps asking the same its not really worth a blocking overkill. He wouldn't have contacted me anyway, so no use to smash my name in his face.

But for me there are several reasons why people deserve to know who blocked them as well. Thats why i'm indifferent about this.

I can see your point. Is there some other way around causing more drama and blocking people? Besides the obvious avoiding the person XD

I totally agree with most of the previous posts in regards to the "if there's no event they won't know/might break the rules without even knowing it" and so on. I don't think a private block would be really helpful -UNLESS- it was something that differed from normal blocking, I don't know something like: private blocking = just blocking forum posts from a particular user, and blocking = completely blocking everything involving a particular user.

That said though, personally, I'd rather see like a private UNblocking above everything else.

Just because, I dunno, I've blocked people over petty reasons before (or petty enough, like baaw you bought my undercut item and wouldn't give it back because I called you a whoreface so I'ma just keep commenting you and calling you a skank until you give it back.... or block me) and at some point I've totally forgotten why I blocked them. However, just because I don't remember doesn't mean they don't. So I end up just leaving people blocked sometimes because my luck they'll see the "Andrea has unblocked you!" event and be like AWRAWR THAT ITEM/PET NAME/SOMETHING FROM THAT ONE TIME RAGEFACES.

I think it's important to receive a notification when you been blocked by someone. Mainly because you can still see their posts on the forums even if they can't see yours. So, if I were chatting with someone and halfway through they blocked me, I would never know and would continue to attempt conversation with them until I came to the conclusion they were ignoring me. Just because I disagree with someone on thread A does not mean I don't like something they've said on thread B. What happens when I don't know they've blocked me because of thread A and I move to thread B and want to agree with them and address them on that thread... I would -never- know they had blocked me and can't see my posts. I'm just not comfortable with that personally.

Or, lets say someone just randomly blocked me and I never knew. Months later they make a thread and I'm responding on it. They never reply to me (because they can't see my posts) and I'm the only one they are ignoring. I would be extremely confused to say the least. If it were a suggestions thread or debate thread I would most likely think they were ignoring me because they couldn't think of a good response to defend their position. It would likely never dawn on me that they had blocked me.

I prefer the notifications actually. This way I know who blocked me and will avoid contacting them. :)

I prefer to be notified so I can know who cannot handle my swag.

Exactly.

I don't see a problem with getting a notice when you choose to block someone. The person is going to find out when they try to comment, ping or sMail you anyway.

I agree 100% with the points Reya has brought up. It would suck if you got into trouble just because you tried contacting someone that has blocked you just because you were never given any notification that they blocked you. The current blocking system at least gives you a chance to avoid mishaps like that. Although people often do block over very much trivial reasons, the notifications are part of the blocking system that I don't want taken away. Sure other sites like Neopets for example give you no notification over blocking users, but at the same time, Subeta is more strict in its blocking policies than Neo is, so the lack of anonymity is essential. Besides, not everyone checks their block list 24/7. I can't say too much from experience since I have never been blocked nor have I ever blocked anyone, but I still like the idea of notifying you when you are blocked by another user just because of the given rules of blocking.

I think if blocking worked properly, then there'd be no need for the notification. But because Subeta doesn't block all contact when you block someone, it's kind of necessary to have the event so that those blocked person doesn't try to talk to the blocker by mistake and get warned.

But if things were fixed so that all contact was blocked, as in the blocked person and the blocker could not see even one thing the other does, then there'd be no reason for the notification. I do think something needs to be done about it. The notification might help right now, but it also shit-stirs and makes people blocked for petty reasons feel like crap.

Subeta staff asked the players if they wanted blocking to work that way... and the majority voted no.

Someone blocking me shouldn't have an impact on what I see.

Then they should fix is so when you block someone it blocks everything from them

Maybe, but that was a long time ago and the site was smaller then. I don't think this is something the users should get to "vote" on either, even if we're discussing it now.

And that may be so, but that's how blocking works on all major websites. If someone blocks you (general you, not you personally), then they don't want you snooping around in their business. It's a matter of privacy, and I think users should be entitled to that, especially if they're blocking someone who's been harassing/stalking/etc. them. There are enough players these days that I hardly think it'd have a huge effect on one's Subeta experience. SDers, maybe, but I don't think an outdated banning system should be kept around just for the sake of drama.

Imagine if blocking was two ways. If I blocked you, you wouldn't have access to what I say.

So, hypothetic situation.

If I block you for something petty such as your forumset or you know, disagreeing with you, it would disallow you to see any plot guide, avatar preview thread or suggestion/feedback thread I make.

Would you enjoy it?

If that happend, I'd quit. I don't want anyone but MYSELF to control what I see here. Especially if it's controlled by people that do not want me to be there, since they're going to block me. People that do not like me, or do not want me to be there should NOT ruin my enjoyement of the site.

I don't hate anyone here, and I never blocked anyone in five years. Because I find blocking to be a poorly planned option to deal with conflict.

The bad overpowers the good so much, by a landslide.

if you block me, I can't snoop around your comments. I can't write you a mail. I can't send you a present with a message in it...

But I can still see your forum posts, as I should be. The forums aren't a place where users should expect "privacy", that is just illogical.

If there was a may to ensure that people ONLY blocked those that harassed them, those that "deserved" to be blocked then perhaps one could say there was a problem with the way the blocking system worked. But right now, I could block you just because I didn't like what eyes you decided to wear, and frankly that is one stupid ass reason to block someone... But it DOES happen. And a player shouldn't have their right to read the forums altered because someone wants to block others for dumb reasons.

You've got a point. I was thinking that a two-way system would put a stop to all the petty blocking, but I can see how it could be abused too.

The only way I can see around it would be to do something about the forums, perhaps blocking a person from replying to any topics or anyone who blocked them, but that doesn't seem feasible. Well, I'm stumped.

Agree with on this. I'm actually only blocked by one person (no idea why), but it's a person that posts in the Shoutbox, as do I. But her blocking of me shouldn't mean that I'm unable to see her posts; I have no problem with her whatsoever. And she occasionally has said things that I have found either interesting, informative, or even entertaining as well. I don't want to not be able to see what she has to say just because she has chosen to block me, for whatever reason.

(I'd actually really like an optional drop-down available, to be used or not at the blocker's own discretion, with some of the more generally used blocking reasons, such as chatspeak, trolling, begging, overuse of punctuation/emoticons, etc., plus maybe an Other with a blank space the user could fill in if they so desired. Newer players frequently have no clue why they have been blocked, especially those coming from other sites, where begging and chatspeak run rampant; this would assist them in knowing exactly what they did that was inappropriate and potentially correcting the behavior in future. I know that I would personally take steps to correct whatever I had done to cause a block if I just knew what it was).

I actually really really like your suggestion of a dropdown :D

I would do the same

If only real life had this.

well.. let's compare.. you block someone on facebook... they have no idea until like you said, they search for you... so you can no longer see their profile... but mainly because that's all you can do in facebook... look at someone's profile

since subeta has soo much more stuff, buying, trading, forums... there are still ways to contact some one blocked, even if you don't do it intentionally....

so i think it's a useful event...

[edit] also, i think the blocking featuer was created to avoid harassment between users, and the alert so they stop that behavior.... but now, i think it has become something people use for silly reasons... hence all the extra drama