Being Blocked Online And How It Makes You Feel?

[deejaybenj]

Just wanted to ask what people's experiences were with being 'blocked' online and how this makes them feel. I use a few different social media platforms, one of which is a website where you can chat/make friends/date etc. (Not Facebook).

The site allows you to put up some information about you and also photos. I have a few basic face photos and some basic text about me, fairly light hearted. The people I have spoken to are online acquiantances, not real life friends and could live anywhere in the country.

Every once in a while I might strike up conversation with someone on this site (or vice versa, if they message first), where you exchange a few messages. Then the messages on their part cease and next time I log on, I find myself blocked.

Obviously the block button is a feature on so many websites these days, getting blocked seems to happen a fair amount to me. What upsets me is that I try to be nice, there has apparently been good rapport, then suddenly I am worthy of a block. Each time this happens, it is creating feelings of anxiety and giving me a bit of a complex.

I know this is online and people can behave oddly online, but I just wanted to get some reassurance that this also happens to others ask for any thoughts on how it makes people feel and how you deal with it?

Many thanks!

[Retrochic]

So you agree now that FB isn't private then? You can have all the privacy setting hiked up but unless the person you are sharing a pic or post with has the same, and their friends the same,then you might as well go public.

[mccfluff]

as far as i know only one person has blocked me and i didn't even realise until she told me, which really amused me.

i've only blocked a couple of people - from here in fact, when there was a bit of nastiness going round a few years back

[Retrochic]

deejay I don't think its a good idea to let someone know why you are blocking or blanking them you would just dwell on it and its only that one persons opinion and someone who does not know the real you.

[Retrochic]

Mcfluff I did'nt know you could block people on answerbank how do you do that?

[ummmm]

No..I don't agree Retro. If I don't want people nosing through my pics I can make them private. If I don't want random people nosing at my wall then I set it so they can't. If I feel strongly enough about someone not seeing anything I post I block them. If I didn't want anyone to something I posted I wouldn't post it.

[ummmm]

McFluff didn't mean you can block people on here. She's blocked some ex ABers...as have I.

[mibn2cweus]

I've never felt the attraction of social forums but having been invited to FB I did sign up, only to be dumped by the very one who made the suggestion to me to begin with. Not that I blame them really. I'm typically rather awkward in social situations in real life let alone in exchanges where feedback on how your communications are being interpreted by the recipient is virtually non-existent.

[Booldawg]

I've been blocked by the wife a few times.

[ordbrae]

Is Answer Bank blocking itself or is it my old computer?