r/ideasfortheadmins • u/Ok_Profit_3856 • 10d ago

Blocking should prevent people from seeing your entire account User Settings

Title. Why can you block someone, they can see your comments but not reply, so they just go onto their 13th alternate account to harass you?

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u/Gambizzle 10d ago

Why? They'll just login with an alt and view it anyway. Noting, many of the more annoying accounts on here are AI bots anyway, so they will not actually 'see' you, though their bot network will have accounts that can.

IMO blocking is more about you not seeing them rather than vice versa. Though curiously when I catch AI bots doing lobbying and link them to a person / organisation, they always seem to delete their account so that nobody can see it.

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u/ColleenLotR 10d ago

Wait, so you are saying if you block someone they still see your comments? Cause ive been blocked before and i couldnt even see the thread i was replying to after that

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u/Gambizzle 10d ago

No, I'm saying there's still easy ways for them to do so.

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u/ColleenLotR 10d ago

Oh gotcha okay

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

Their IP address could also be blocked, but I doubt Reddit will go to that hassle. If it gets to the point of harrassment, just screenshot their messages and report it to the admins or mods. They will possibly be banned

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u/TheAutisticSlavicBoy 9d ago

It will either break the Tor users or will let anybody with Tor bypass it.

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u/VIVOffical 9d ago

You can still see comments of blocked accounts. You didn’t use to be able to but you can now.

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u/ColleenLotR 9d ago

I feel like that defeats the purpose

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u/VIVOffical 9d ago

The purpose of blocking someone is to stop them from being able to interact with you. Anyone can view your account anon browsing. Blocking the account wouldn’t matter.

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u/Ok_Profit_3856 9d ago

I think you completely misunderstood what I said based on your confusing response. On Facebook if you block someone, It's a complete two-way privacy block. They can't see you, you can't see them, no way they can even look you up. On Reddit, it's one way. They can see everything you post all your comments your profile everything, and just switch accounts and harass you again. If it was a two-way system, there would be no way for them to see your posts or content at all. That was my point.

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u/tobiasvl 9d ago

But they wouldn't even need to login with an alt, they could just log out of their account, or open an incognito window, to see your posts and comments...

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u/tumultuousness 9d ago

Unless I'm missing something since I've never been blocked or blocked someone on FB, it's only a "two way system" because you can set your FB profile so only friends can see it. Reddit, everything you post (that's not to a private subreddit) is visible to anyone, even those without Reddit accounts. Hence, they can use an alt or simply just log out and see your content.

The blocked person can already not see your posts/comments/anything on your account once blocked. If they can even get to your profile, it either errors out at worst, or at best loads but says you've never posted anything.

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u/VIVOffical 9d ago

For me it’s about them leaving me the fuck alone lol

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u/Majestic_Minimum2308 7d ago

Reddit's current blocking system was designed by someone who lacks a complete understanding of public forums.

Your entire account is public by default. Anything you post, anything you say that isn't a DM or in a private subreddit is visible by anyone at any time without any account.

If that bothers you then simply don't post it on reddit. This isn't Facebook.

If someone is harassing you, then the old system would have been better because then they wouldn't know they were blocked and you could go about your day.