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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 27, 2015 16:39:40 GMT
I don't block but there are a couple of negative, hateful people that I just don't read their posts, mainly because they are not worth reading. It is easy for me to skip over predictable nastiness. If everyone ignored them they'd have to go away and find new people for a reaction.
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Post by epeanymous on Aug 27, 2015 16:47:47 GMT
I don't have anyone blocked here. I have some people blocked on FB/Instagram (not from here) because they have IRL exhibited some unstable behavior directed towards me and I am trying to limit the amount of personal information they can access. One of them is actually from an internet community similar to this one, but I was a moderator there and was therefore more of a lightning rod.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 27, 2015 16:49:33 GMT
I never block any one, but I make it a point never to engage w/ a few posters.
I'm not bothered at all when people express opinions that are different from mine, especially on political threads, where you expect to see a lot of different opinions.
The posters that bother me are the bullies who pop up on the friendly type threads and make some nasty remark directed at some innocent poster. After I've seen that type of behavior two or three times from the same poster, I put them on ignore in my head and make it a point never to engage w/ that person. I'm not scared of the bullies, I'm just not interested in interacting with them.
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Post by marimoose on Aug 27, 2015 16:51:14 GMT
I would think that anyone who was nasty enough that I would feel the need to block them is going to be quoted ad nauseum anyway, so what's the point? You know, I would think that also but for generally she is not, probably because no one wants to rile her more. As far as I can see this morning, her name is not appearing in any of my feeds and I did go back to one that i know was my final straw and i see nothing of her. It is just easier and hate to have to do this but if it makes my day calmer, so be it. I can generally roll with most anything and avoid posts that are too nasty for me but I never knew when this name and the responses would appear. I felt so bad for the recipients of the scathing responses. |
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Post by marimoose on Aug 27, 2015 17:02:00 GMT
No clue who everyone is talking about. LOL Go figure. I don't block anyone. Just for kicks - if someone blocks you, does that mean you (the person who is blocked) can't see what they post as well? That's an interesting question. I wonder that as well. I do have a few people blocked. Not having to see their name and initial posts improves my reading experience here. This is my little haven away from the world and I love being able to determine who enters my world and doesn't!  If their posts are are quoted, I will typically just move along. However, there has been an instance where I noticed someone I had blocked has softened/changed and I have unblocked them. Posted by auntkelly 15 minutes ago The posters that bother me are the bullies who pop up on the friendly type threads and make some nasty remark directed at some innocent poster. After I've seen that type of behavior two or three times from the same poster, I put them on ignore in my head and make it a point never to engage w/ that person. I'm not scared of the bullies, I'm just not interested in interacting with them. This is my feelings exactly! |
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Aug 27, 2015 17:05:43 GMT
I am thinking that most of us that are admitting to having someone blocked, has that same person. So here is MY question...WHY do so many respond positively to HER threads? I have wondered this EXACT SAME THING!!! |
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 27, 2015 17:13:58 GMT
I should have also said the there are a few people on this board that I would love to know IRL. We would have some fun get togethers.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 27, 2015 17:16:02 GMT
I am way too nosy to block anyone. I want to read everything, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I just don't engage with those whose posts are nasty. I can imagine it might be hard to follow a thread if you have people blocked, unless someone quotes them or something.
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Post by 2peaornot2pea on Aug 27, 2015 17:20:11 GMT
I block people. It makes my experience here more enjoyable. If my curiosity ever overwhelms me I can easily unblock a post to read it. That rarely happens.  |
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 27, 2015 17:25:11 GMT
I've blocked two people, not because I don't agree with their viewpoint, but because they are so vicious.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Aug 27, 2015 17:27:59 GMT
"Just for kicks - if someone blocks you, does that mean you (the person who is blocked) can't see what they post as well? "
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No! it does not work that way, but I WISH it would! that would be nice! ha
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Post by scrappinmama on Aug 27, 2015 17:29:58 GMT
I only blocked one person, but she must have made everyone angry, because they kept quoting her. I finally unblocked. |
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Post by lurkingsince2001 on Aug 27, 2015 17:32:09 GMT
I'll admit that I lurked quite happily for a long time on the other board. What finally made me join was the ignore feature. It was either join so I could use it, or leave the peas altogether. The fun and usefulness of the board had been sucked out of it for me by a particular poster. She was just beyond the pale. There were a couple of times that I just could not believe that she wasn't banned or shunned by the collective it was so bad IMO. Rather than let one poster, pervasive though she was, ruin it for me, I employed the ignore feature to great satisfaction. And using it here was one of the first things I learned in case it happened again.
It takes a lot for me to block someone, more than just being rude or getting insulting once. The poster has to really go past what I consider reasonable behavior or consistently be a pot-stirrer for me to even mentally note their consistent behavior enough to consider blocking them. Call that keeping a spreadsheet if you will, but sometimes it's impossible not to notice some things. Patterns of behavior emerge. Usually when something weird happens anymore, I have to backtrack to figure out where or exactly how out of curiosity because I missed stuff already having that person on ignore.
I think being able to avoid people who raise our blood pressure or take away our fun of the place is a great feature. And being able to un-ignore a particular post is handy as well.
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Post by sharlag on Aug 27, 2015 17:37:54 GMT
I am way too nosy to block anyone. I want to read everything, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I just don't engage with those whose posts are nasty. I can imagine it might be hard to follow a thread if you have people blocked, unless someone quotes them or something.  |
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Post by abr79 on Aug 27, 2015 17:40:25 GMT
Nope, I don't block. I'm relatively new to this particular board but I've been part of boards before that had the block feature. I used to be really active on the NutriSystem boards (before they got rid of them) and there was one poster whom I blocked off and on. It's nice but as other's have pointed out, if the person you block gets quoted, you still have to read their BS and it messes with the "flow" of the thread. I just got used to scrolling past and resisting the urge to poke the bear.
Again, I'm too new here to really have my feathers ruffled by anyone. I still do my fair share of lurking as I "get to know" everyone - who to avoid, who seems cool, etc.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 27, 2015 17:43:21 GMT
I have a couple blocked for the same reasons other people already posted; in my opinion what they post is out-and-out vicious, and / or argumentative just for the sake of arguing. I get enough of that in 'real' life; I can choose to see it if I want to, but it makes my day nicer that it's my CHOICE to see it.
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Post by tduby1 on Aug 27, 2015 17:52:49 GMT
I did know that you could do it but I never have. I have only once had anything unpleasant directed at me as far as I remember, and that person isn't on this board. There are one or two posters who I don't enjoy reading but I just ignore them now. I vowed never to respond to one in particular and I just let her predictable drivel go over my head quite easily now that I don't engage. This is the route I take as well. |
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Post by disneypal on Aug 27, 2015 17:58:58 GMT
I blocked a couple people on the old board, but so far so good here Same for me - I had a couple blocked on the old board. One of them is here but seems more chilled out than she did on the old board - I haven't seen the other one I had blocked (unless she has a different name but I hadn't seen her on the old board for a while either - so perhaps she left even before the old board closed)
I haven't really felt the need to block anyone here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 18:00:15 GMT
It's not hard to read a blocked persons post. Just click display post. I have it set up as a reminder not to engage with them. cindyupnorth what poster are you talking about? |
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Post by conchita on Aug 27, 2015 18:12:56 GMT
I don't have anyone blocked. There was that one time I was slightly upset with one poster for her continuous negativity. We ended up PM'ing and are now friends. I am the type of person who will quietly take a time out from the board on occasion. And while I will read a 10 page thread I usually won't bother posting.
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Post by Regina Phalange on Aug 27, 2015 18:29:43 GMT
No, I've never blocked anyone on here yet!! I do have a filter in my mind on who's posts I actually read because I know it will be either argumentative or downright rude. The reputation of some posters precedes them so I just roll on by!! The wacko and the b***s*** posts, well they can be quite entertaining but I usually end up rolling my eyes and saying "Really?" I only have one person blocked, but I have a whole list of people that I generally just scroll past when I'm in a certain type of thread...lol. |
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Post by MsKnit on Aug 27, 2015 18:31:46 GMT
I haven't blocked anyone. Instead, I simply refuse to open any threads started by a couple of people. Since I am completely oblivious most of the time, the number of posts has to be bad for me to take notice of any one individual.
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Post by momto4kiddos on Aug 27, 2015 19:11:37 GMT
I am thinking that most of us that are admitting to having someone blocked, has that same person. So here is MY question...WHY do so many respond positively to HER threads? I think once something particularly nasty is posted, people respond trying to call her out and let her know she's nasty or support the poster. I don't have anyone blocked but there is one particular person who was on the old 2peas and is here that just almost always responds in an unnecessarily mean/nasty way to people. She's called out all the time and it has continued for year. Ignoring things posted by her is just the easiest way of dealing with it. |
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Post by gale w on Aug 27, 2015 19:52:15 GMT
I blocked someone at the old board once, but I can't even remember who it was now. Maybe they aren't here because I haven't blocked anyone here yet.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 27, 2015 21:01:38 GMT
I have never blocked anyone here or at the old board, and I doubt I ever will.
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Post by littlemama on Aug 28, 2015 0:53:11 GMT
I have a few people blocked. If I want to see their train wrecks, I have the option to display their posts. I'm not sure exactly who I have blocked, but there are several who post just to hear themselves talk (you know what I mean!), a couple who have been downright nasty, and one for neither of those reasons.
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Post by marimoose on Aug 28, 2015 1:05:24 GMT
I should have also said the there are a few people on this board that I would love to know IRL. We would have some fun get togethers. I would definitely agree! |
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If their posts are are quoted, I will typically just move along. However, there has been an instance where I noticed someone I had blocked has softened/changed and I have unblocked them. 
