Current Events > Why do people defend the blocking feature on gamefaqs?

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Why haven't you addressed the numerous people pointing out that you can't view CE while logged out?

They can't post either. Which is the real point of doing it.

it barely takes any effort to log out and view boards as a guest, and anyone that dedicated could just use private mode solely for reading purposes.

that's still more effort than the person who blocked them has to exert. stop trying to avoid that, it's clumsy.

also: can they post?

it barely takes any effort to log out and view boards as a guest, and anyone that dedicated could just use private mode solely for reading purposes.

that's still more effort than the person who blocked them has to exert. stop trying to avoid that, it's clumsy.

also: can they post?

it barely takes any effort to log out and view boards as a guest, and anyone that dedicated could just use private mode solely for reading purposes.

that's still more effort than the person who blocked them has to exert. stop trying to avoid that, it's clumsy.

also: can they post?

it barely takes any effort to log out and view boards as a guest, and anyone that dedicated could just use private mode solely for reading purposes.

that's still more effort than the person who blocked them has to exert. stop trying to avoid that, it's clumsy.

also: can they post?

it barely takes any effort to log out and view boards as a guest, and anyone that dedicated could just use private mode solely for reading purposes.

that's still more effort than the person who blocked them has to exert. stop trying to avoid that, it's clumsy.

also: can they post?

also: can they post?

Why do you care so much if people read your posts after you block them?

GameFAQs should just have a only friends can see your posts (like facebook) if you CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE ENGAGING WITH YOU

if you dont want people engaging you in a PUBLIC FORM, maybe you shouldnt be using the form in the first place

they cannot post but they probably dont care or can just use an alt.

If you need to block someone on this site or elsewhere you are weak. Simple as that.

might be more effort

no 'might be'. it is.

they cannot post

i'm sorry, repeat that?

if you dont want people engaging you in a PUBLIC FORM, maybe you shouldnt be using the form in the first place

not everyone who demands attention and time on a public forum deserves it, and people don't deserve to be at the mercy of the most obnoxious actors.

simple as that. do you not understand?

im saying that its barely any effort enough that it makes no difference anyways.

nobody asked. and it's still more for them.

hey, can people you have blocked still post? i missed that part. can they? huh? huh?

im saying that its barely any effort enough that it makes no difference anyways.

ironically, if someone blocks you, makes a post that violates the TOS and you see it while logged out, it would take you more effort to make other people report it than it would be for someone to log out

For the 1000th time..

THEY CANNOT READ CE BY LOGGING OUT.

..what is wrong with you? Shut the fuck up already.

Ignore I get. But blocking is just soft. Not wanting people to see your posts makes absolutely no sense. I don't use either function, but if I did, it would satisfy me more using ignore and knowing my ignoree was seeing my posts and wasting time responding knowing I'll never read it.

If you're scared of people seeing what you post, you probably shouldn't be posting.

It makes a huge difference aNywAyS. So much so that here you are complaining about its existence.

yeah, you kinda can't say the system doesn't work when it's obviously pissing you off. you wouldn't be begging for it to go.

he's kinda got you here tc. close this topic and stop embarrassing yourself.

they can make a post in other threads. You are not banning them from posting on gamefaqs

can they post in threads you make?

Im not sure if theyre actually prevented from posting.

if you can just log out so there is no point in it preventing people from reading posts made from you.

there obviously is; look at the tantrum you're throwing over it.

the system works.

The ignore feature is what makes no sense.
I don't need to stop seeing someone's posts if they will still be able to respond to mine, misrepresent what I said, derail, troll, etc. Only now without me being able to intervene lol. That's idiotic honestly.

The point of blocking isn't to stop seeing posts, is to stop engagement from that person.

I'm not scared of people seeing what I post.

...What is wrong with you???

You've been answered this several times.

YOU CANNOT POST THERE. As in, if you enter thru a link and try to type, a message appears saying you are not allowed to post on this topic.

it doesnt do its job to begin with

no, it absolutely does. just because you're personally willing to put in effort to circumvent it doesn't mean anything. if it wasn't effective, you wouldn't be whining.

lets say you throw someone in jail and the jail cell has the key for them to get out, or they can get out by digging a hole using a shovel. Are you going to say that putting them in jail served a purpose, they just chose to circumvent being arrested or are you going to remove both of them so the person in jail stays in jail?

When you block someone they don't have a "key" to make you unblock them.

A more accurate analogy is you kick someone out of your house for being an asshole. They can still look in through the window but you don't care because they're not in your house anymore and you don't have to talk to them.

they can easily break into your house especially since they know where you live

lets say you throw someone in jail and the jail cell has the key for them to get out, or they can get out by digging a hole using a shovel. Are you going to say that putting them in jail served a purpose, they just chose to circumvent being arrested or are you going to remove both of them because there is no point in putting them in jail otherwise?

I havent tested this myself but I tried entering through a link on a friends account and it still had the post new message button

You've been answered this several times.

YOU CANNOT POST THERE. As in, if you enter thru a link and try to type, a message appears saying you are not allowed to post on this topic

if you cant see someones posts then you cant engage with them anyways.

Why does preventing people from posting in your topics matter to you so much? Do you complain that youtubes blocking feature doesnt allow you to prevent people from commenting on your videos?

they can easily break into your house especially since they know where you live

that's another thing, the people who have you blocked have been unaware of you ever since, but you've been stewing about them and making posts about them, like this. they call that 'rent-free' living, i believe.

i'm just saying you might be a walking advertisement for the effectivity of the system at this point.

Now you're taking it too far with this paranoia you've been having the last couple days. You're going to extreme lengths to be against the block feature.

No they can't though. That's the thing. My house is an ironclad fortress that repels assholes and it's also patrolled by Superman and he also thinks they're an asshole.

Once I block you, you don't get to come back no matter what you do. You can look into the window all you want. Check out all the fun we're having that you'll never be a part of. I don't care.

people could just get in by breaking a window or something

they would deserve to be arrested but thats not the point.

as current events likely have an alt they only use for reading anyways

If they get banned on their main, they already have an alt to use

blocking causes more trouble than what its worth

i think blocking is dumb personally but if someone is getting harassed by a weirdo or something it could be needed in that kinda situation

And they would also get blocked aNyWaYSssss.

Which can be blocked in one second.

how do you block them when you dont know the username?

how do you know they are looking at your posts or topic if you cant see anything they post yourself?

because everyone makes it sound like they can easily find someones alt and block them when they dont know the alts username when that alt is never used to post