So I'm not 100% up on how the blocking system works on the forums, but I know that in the Shoutbox, blocking someone doesn't prevent them from seeing your posts. This is causing issues for some users, especially in cases where implementing a mutual ban just isn't going to happen for whatever reason.

Would it be possible to adjust the blocking system so that blocking someone bars them from seeing your posts in the SB? I know it would make a lot of people much more comfortable.

pings, both requested and to be fair - and I guess since they seem to be the mod for the SB? or at least, one of the mods I see in there more often than not.

eta: whoops this is not tumblr

yes the blocking system does need to be better. where it goes both ways.

Good ETA, . :-D I am all for this. I've seen way too many people's words used against them not only on Tumblr but in other places and such as well. I would love to deter people from being able to use what someone that has blocked them has said against them, here or on any other site. It's kinda strange that someone will disagree with someone else, block them and then a week later there's an anonymous entry somewhere with a screenie and a huge diatribe that degrades said person to the core of their being.

Pointing the finger and say "block this person" or "do this or that" is quite irrelevant here - what's relevant is having the security of knowing that people can't use what you say in the SB freely against you when you have them blocked so you can't see what they say but yet they can see every single word YOU say. If that makes any sense. Nobody is blameless for what goes on but on the other hand, we do want to protect people from feeling less...secure and more dragged around, shot and bullied here right?

- it needs to go back to the way it was. Too many people are being victimized by a vicious few that run a few blogs out there that, because they cannot do it here, go do it there instead and make sure to spread the word about it everywhere. I won't go as far to say that it's cyberbullying and that I am not at fault for anything - I am human and take my part of the blame - but when people refuse to block because "The SB without drama would be boring" and yet harp on others for refusing to block...then there are issues.

If I block someone, it's mostly because I don't want to see them. I don't really care if they can see my posts or not. What are they gonna do, bitch about me offsite? How is that any worse than the bitching they're already doing on-site?

- because that way you can be comfortable in what you say onsite without said person taking what you said and going off on diatribe about what a horrible person you are for saying or doing something they didn't like. Granted you may then say "Why should I care?", but each person is different. It is worse than the bitching already being done because when someone you don't want to deal with sees what you say and then you don't see what they are saying, they can take it and stretch it however they want for their own benefit and to me that's wrong.

I had no idea about that! and I'm sorry if it seems like the userbase is waffling on this, but it might be that the userbase has changed enough that reinstating the old blocking system might be better.

I honestly don't understand why not being able to see someone's SB posts is unfair. Not being able to see a forum, yes, but not being able to see a handful of posts in the SB doesn't ruin your enjoyment of the SB entirely. (In a few cases, it's greatly improved mine... :P)

The old blocking system was terrible.

No one but me should dictate what I see on the site. That's it.

If you are not comfortable with the fact I exist, you can block me, and if you have me blocked, I CANNOT GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU WITHOUT GETTING WARNED FOR EVASION BLOCKING.

If you really are bothered with what people do, maybe you should think about letting things go, rather than asking the site to change for you. Be the bigger person and drop the argument and don't go and check the sites on tumblr or whatever that bother you.

This only ends in you getting more hurt.

You are a+ and perfect, don't ever change

uh, you should be comfortable with what you say onsite regardless of how many people out there might be looking to take it out of context, or whatever.

- yes, I should but due to certain and recent events, I'm not sure how comfortable I can really be.

then maybe you should take a time out, if all of these events are really that distressing.

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- I don't believe that a time out is the answer. It is just disconcerting to me (and I'm very sure that I am not the only one) that people I want to see nothing from can see everything I say in the SB. Contact should not be allowed even in the form of seeing what one says when they have you blocked. That is not direct contact but it's bad enough...

- I understand what you're saying, but I have to disagree. This is not just about me not wanting those that I have blocked seeing what I'm saying, it's about the overall prevention of the use of anything that someone that blocked someone else said by the party that can still see what they say against them, either on here or on other sites. We can say "I don't want people telling me how to use the site" or "Ignore the site" all we want but until what one says in the SB cannot be seen by those they themselves have blocked, how are we to be able to talk comfortably without the risk of someone using what we say against us no matter how minute.

If you have proof that people are circumventing the block, make a ticket about your suspicions of block evasion.

The rest of the site should not be punished via double-blocking because of a couple rotten apples.

Also, why do you give these people attention? People don't like you, and the biggest middle finger you can raise in your face is pretending they got dropped in a well and will never come back. Ignore their entire existence.

Because, by paying attention to them, by giving this threat a name, you make it more powerful again you. You are being your own worst enemy.

- it's not circumventing in forums. It's in the SB where someone, even if you have THEM blocked, can still see everything you say. In there it's not really block invasion as much as an open venue for them to make fun of you or something without you being able to stand up for yourself. That's my only issue. And saying nobody else should be punished is ridiculous because I never ever said anything like that in the first place. I mean in the SB only, double blocking should happen. Other places it's ALREADY like that, why can't it be that way in the SB too?

It's not double blocked anywhere on the site. I can see the suggestion threads and chit-chat threads users that have me blocked. I just cannot address them personally

- Really? I thought you couldn't see posts on forums from them at all? Weird. As long as contact is not allowed that's fine as well, but I think in the SB it should be double blocked. Forums, if they do it in there it's bad enough, but the SB is a place to chat about whatever without worrying about that kind of thing. People should not be afraid to post in there for any reason whatsoever. Especially not because they might be featured on "Subeta's BMC" or whatever the blog is called this week (BMC meaning Bullies Meeting Center).

I modded B&C in 2009, where the cattiness was far worse than it is right now, and it taught me that double-blocking really solves nothing, because people are going to go and ask friends to stalk and bully anyway.

And, like it was said, you see most offending topics on tumblr, right? Or, on other offsites sites. If someone that you do not have blocked keep on posting your posts to make fun of you, it's still bypassing the block and the users that you do have blocked are going to see it.

When there is a will, there is a way, especially to the nastiest piece of scum on the site.

Double blocking will only delay the bullying, but it sure isn't going to stop it, sorry

- the issue there, unfortunately, is that they get around being identified by being anonymous when they post entries and the blog owner/runner lets them be anon, and nobody knows who THEY are, either. You make an excellent point though, the cattiness on here back at that time was horrible - I actually remember the site back then, I left and came back after a couple of years. You are right on all counts here but I still think a double block is not a bad idea for the SB on its own. Yeah it won't stop it but at least it may deter people from doing it as often (we can hope). If the blogger disallowed anon posts and we knew who the bullies were, then there'd be no problem at all in my book with leaving the block system as it was - but that's something beyond our control and Tumblr is too big to ever do a thing to deter it.

The block feature works fine. A block happy person (such as any thin skinned moron who thinks disagreement=harassment) shouldn't be able to determine what I see on the site. Especially if by some chance they post a very important post about a bug or event thread. People just need to be adults and not let people rent free space in your head. Trolls gonna troll, they eventually lose interest if you stop reacting to provide additional entertainment for them.