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Post by freecharlie on Apr 20, 2020 3:22:10 GMT
It used to be shared from a page posts I routinely blocked. Now they are sharing from Geri,Steve,and Mike. I do the same as you. Sorry, I re-read both of your posts a few times, but still don't understand. I understand the "hide all" thing, but how would we know what source they shared it from? Also, what does "Geri, Steve, and Mike" mean?  We were talking facebook. If you share something there, I can block everything from the source you shared from |
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Post by pierkiss on Apr 20, 2020 11:55:14 GMT
I left once. A year or 2 ago. No hairflip, no announcement, nothing. But someone really pissed me off, and I had just had enough. I stayed away for a few months and then I came back. Also no announcement that I was back. I just missed the peas and all the info that is shared here.
I’ve blocked a few people. It was better when I couldn’t see them. They have since left. The block feature is great!
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 20, 2020 12:00:54 GMT
I have never blocked anyone here or at the old board. I'm just really stellar at scrolling on by... or flat-out ignoring.
But if the block feature adds to the pleasure here for some people, I encourage its use. I'd rather see that than people go away entirely. I value the total experience here -- the good, the bad, and the ugly. I hate to see that ugly part though when it targets someone and drives them off.
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ashley
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Post by ashley on Apr 20, 2020 12:28:42 GMT
It is easy to ignore someone’s behaviour when it isn’t directed at you personally. I’ve never needed to block anyone here, the difference in attitudes, beliefs, opinions does not disturb me and I can simply let those differences go.
When participants here are actively attacking your character and spreading falsehoods about you, as an individual and human being who actually has feelings, that’s a completely different type of behaviour. And once it has started it is nearly impossible for them to let go — those rumours and falsehoods get perpetuated from one thread to another and pretty soon others start believing them to be true. The behaviour displayed towards me recently is a form of bullying and I don’t want to simply ignore it.
Someone else’s ignorance is simple to ignore.
Personal attacks and flasehoods are unacceptable.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Apr 20, 2020 12:39:00 GMT
You are right ashley. What happened was uncalled for and just plain mean. I get saying your piece on a thread. You say it as kindly as possible, and then you move the hell on. Bringing it up time after time after time, is ridiculous. I'd love to be one of those people who doesn't make poor choices every now and then. It seems some peas must be that lucky. Either that or if they do make a bad choice, they must beat themselves up about it on an ongoing basis the same way they do with peas on this board. I wish there would be a pause to think that there's an actual human being on the other end of the computer. There a way to say negative things with kindness. Once. And then you let it go. I'm very sorry about what happened. |
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Post by auntkelly on Apr 20, 2020 12:48:27 GMT
I always say I’ll probably be the last person here, and I do mean that. I really enjoy this place.
However, I can envision some circumstances where I’d leave. If someone started trolling me or if I was the subject of a big pile on I didn’t feel like I deserved I might quietly leave.
It’s a message board and I come here for interesting and/or fun conversation. If it was stressing me out, I’d leave.
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Post by Really Red on Apr 20, 2020 12:50:54 GMT
I have had a couple people blocked (same old nasty characters) and I think only one person now who I may unblock. There are a few people prone to drama and those posts I just ignore. They're not mean, just dramatic and I'm not that interested. It would be nice to have the 30-day block like FB. Here's the real thing I want FB to block: The Challenge. I challenge you to post 10 days' worth of XXX. Or people who most Daily Prayer stuff. I want to read their normal stuff, but I do not want to read their prayer stuff. I know people always say scroll past, but scrolling past a header doesn't bother me. Scrolling past someone who posts every picture of every single thing they have uncovered in their mother's basement in a separate post does. The problem is SOME of that stuff really is interesting. Are 37 posts about it in one day interesting? Not to anyone but your own family, I think. I digress  For the most part, it is easy to scroll past. I have had to take a break because I was too stressed personally. My vents were ridiculous and I just needed to get myself together. But man I missed the Peas when I was gone!! You seriously have ALL the answers!! |
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Apr 20, 2020 12:55:38 GMT
I've never blocked anybody, but I've never been personally attacked. If I were I don't know what I would do.
There are several peas that I know what it is going to be like just by reading their name. Or I read something that is mean and then I look at their name and think "oh, of course." I wonder if those peas are that mean in real life- I've never run across anyone in real life that acts that way all the time, but I might just be lucky.
I don't mind some conflict, that is what keeps the board interesting. But what happened with Ashley was just ugly, ugly, ugly. It really made me think less of several people.
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Post by Leone on Apr 20, 2020 12:57:50 GMT
How do you block a person on 2Peas?
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Post by miominmio on Apr 20, 2020 13:03:29 GMT
I have 2 people blocked, not because they have attacked me, but because I just can’t stand their online Persona. Don’t think I ever blocked someone on the old board, although I was sorely tempted after my 22/7-thread were someone was implying that the youngsters deserved it. That poster never made it onto this board (or chose a different screen name), fortunately. If someone had treated me the way they treated ashley, I think I would be tempted to leave. I would do so quietly, no hairflip, no drama, just stop going here. I got close to deleting my account once, but decided to stay. Although there are good days and less god days here, the good outweighs the bad. |
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Post by SockMonkey on Apr 20, 2020 13:43:11 GMT
I had to look up how to check!
I had three people blocked. Two of them are deleted accounts now and I don't even remember who they were. One is a known cray who is probably still lurking about here under an alter.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 13:57:23 GMT
My blocked peeps apparently are fighting. And I have added a new blocked pea. Just because I can no longer tolerate reading their posts.
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StephDRebel
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Post by StephDRebel on Apr 20, 2020 14:32:02 GMT
Here is the thing.
Blocking someone who is a smart ass or that runs you the wrong way is one thing.
Having someone attacking you is different. I deal with it every few years.
Blocking doesn't help.
Someone decides you are their target and creates a fake name and slams you everytime they can. The problem is that you block their origi al name most of the time. You stop responding so it ramps up and they create a new name and it intensifies.
You ignore it and ignore it and block the name but that doesmt make it stop. Instead they ramp up and if the person is truly an asshole on a mission they start making things up to get you to engage and you see it even if its blocked because people are constantly replying to it.
This site is an escape and its shitty when an escape becomes drama because of someone else's insecurities and inability to communicate like an adult. I'd rather lose the good parts than deal with the nonsense that comes along with it.
When it happens over and over? Peace out.
I can see walking away with no hesitations.
Life is too short for carrying the weight of other people's attacks.
Its gotten better over the years but this place can become terrible for your mental health sometimes.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 20, 2020 15:17:04 GMT
Sorry, I re-read both of your posts a few times, but still don't understand. I understand the "hide all" thing, but how would we know what source they shared it from? Also, what does "Geri, Steve, and Mike" mean? It was in reference to Facebook. If you find a post annoying, you can click on the three dots in the top right corner. There's a drop down menu. If it's shared from a friend of a Facebook friend, it will say hide all posts from "Steve". If it's shared from a Facebook page it will say hide all posts from "Political things I don't want to see page". |
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 20, 2020 15:24:31 GMT
I had one pea blocked for a long time because of their numerous political posts cluttering the board. Then they left but came back under a new name. Now I can’t get them blocked no matter what I’ve done. I’ve tried on my ipad, my laptop and my work computer. I’ve logged out and back in, I’ve deleted and redone the block and I still see their posts  I haven’t blocked a pea because they hurt my feelings. My block reasons are if they annoy me, they are full of drama, they are rude/mean to others or they are just plain miserable and most of their posts are negative. I don’t hang around miserable people or do drama IRL so I don’t do it here either. I rarely use the app. This is what I do on my laptop. Go to profile, edit profile, click on the privacy tab, and that is where you see the members you have blocked.
Then you refresh that page. When the page refreshes, instead of four options of blocking, there are now five. The fifth one is block this member's threads. I hope that will work for you. I still can't see embedded tweets.  |
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QueenoftheSloths
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Apr 20, 2020 16:15:51 GMT
How do you block a person on 2Peas? Click on a peas name. This takes you to their profile. Way over on the right, there is a little box with a picture of a gear in it. If you click on that, a menu drops down with the options to give member a gift or block member. Click block member. Next step, Click on profile (at the top of the screen right under the big 2peas refugees title) Click on edit profile (it is a little box off to the right) Click on privacy. Scroll down, you will see your list of blocked members. Click all the little boxes for the various ways you don't want the pea to interact with you. Everything I said to do after "next step" is also the way to see which peas you have blocked, for the peas who were asking about that. Sometimes it seems like blocking takes awhile to kick in, I know I had to go back and click the boxes more than once. And again, I never tried to imply that blocking peas was a magic cure all. I do know that everyone has a different experience here. I just wanted to encourage people to feel comfortable utilizing this tool, since I know I hesitated to do it for quite a long time. Edit to add, these instructions are how I accomplished this on my PC. Other devices may or may not work the same way. |
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Just T
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Post by Just T on Apr 20, 2020 16:27:26 GMT
I've never blocked anyone, and I can't imagine that I will. Unless someone started harassing me or something.
I have left the board a few times when I felt I needed a break, but I don't think I've ever announced it. I also don't wait for someone to post wondering where I am at. I doubt that would ever happen. LOL
The last time I left was fall 2018, after the whole Brett Kavanaugh fiasco. I was not in a good place, reading and hearing all the venom directed at his accuser. It brought up feelings for me of my own sexual assault many years ago that I hadn't thought about in years. The final straw for me was when our resident nasty person, who no longer posts here thank goodness, called me a troll. LOL I have been here since the early days of the old board, and have always tried to be a kind person here. For some reason, that really upset me, and I ended up leaving the board for a while after that. No big announcement, I just thought it was best for my mental health at the time.
I can't imagine what would ever make me leave and never come back. It's definitely like Hotel California for me. LOL
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Post by MichyM on Apr 20, 2020 20:06:54 GMT
I was a pea on the old board for something like 14 years and never ever used the ignore feature. Even during the worst of it. About 2 years ago I finally started using it here and it's made my visits to the board so much better! I just checked, I have 11 people on ignore currently. Some are no longer active (visibly) here. No one said or did anything to me. I just got tired of either their "the sky is falling" posts, "I am mean and will call people names" post, and/or the "I just like to stir things up" posts. As an aside, I also started using it on NextDoor, and it's made of a world of difference there too. I don't FB any more (haven't for 2+ years) because there is no way to set it up to permanently get rid of the superfluous stuff and it was getting on my last nerve. Anyhow, all this to say that I am grateful for the ignore feature and highly recommend people try it...you may like it  |
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Post by monklady123 on Apr 20, 2020 21:25:05 GMT
Now I'm curious to see who/how many I have blocked... how do I see that? Guess I'll check my profile and see. I can think of one for sure but she doesn't post here anymore. Off to look now...  eta: well who would have thought I had that many blocked? lol. Five who have deleted themselves, so I don't remember who they were, and three whose profiles are still active. |
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For the most part, it is easy to scroll past. I have had to take a break because I was too stressed personally. My vents were ridiculous and I just needed to get myself together. But man I missed the Peas when I was gone!! You seriously have ALL the answers!!
