Thanks so much for this...wow...didn't realize I had blocked so many...though a good number of them are now 'deleted', so apparently I wasn't too far off the mark... :)
I checked and found almost 50 blocks? What?? What hell buttons was I clicking all this time that I have that many. The mind boggles!
I do not remember blocking any of these people.
We-e-e-ll, maybe four. But only because I found myself blocked for who knows what reason 'cause I do not know any of those 4 people who blocked me.
We-e-e-ll, one I kinda sorta know why. But really. It is really so bad to try to give someone advice so they don't get ban for breaking TOS. Is that REALLY a reason to block a poor innocent glitchen??
So, just 'cause it's good to have a fresh start, I've unblocked all those innocently blocked glitchen. Including that particular 4. I'm big hearted, and middle-butted. It was all in good fun... .right? :)
It is clear that I block early and often...however, I feel a bit vindicated by the sheer number of accounts that have been deleted that are in my block list, quite frankly...
I didn't remember at first blocking *so* many people but after thinking about it for a moment I remember exactly why I blocked all of them. (Mostly for offensive things said in Global, though, a few of them were because they were pestering me to give them things :P :P :P )
For those of you who haven't blocked anyone (yet?)... are you new or just stay out of Global or just have a really high tolerance of things..? Lol XD (No... actually I'm seriously curious! :x )
I think blocking someone is an acknowledgment that their existence affects me, and I would only admit that to people I actually care about, people I would never block. If I don't like you, or don't care about you, I "nothing" you, and blocking would be more effort than you are worth.
That said, I have one person blocked but can't remember when or why.
I didn't remember at first blocking *so* many people
FWIW, the block button used to work without a confirmation which we suspect a lot of people clicked without realizing it. We fixed that a few months ago or so.
I have no one blocked because I've not run into anyone that has been enough of a problem to block.
I have only been in Global twice ever, but I still don't think I'd block anyone there unless they were being a real prat (if I paid attention enough to realize they were being one).
I'm good at purposefully ignoring or merely not noticing anyone that might irritate me. Also, I figure if they only irritate me, then it's not that serious; as Saucelah stated, "blocking would be more effort than [they] are worth" (especially when idjits are the faintest blip on my radar). I shall save my blocking for those that truly deserve it because of harassment or something.
@kevbob: That explains why months ago I found someone I had blocked that I KNOW I had no reason to block, as I have enjoyed talking to her before. I thought I was losing my mind. Well, I probably am, but not for that reason.
I looked at the bottom of my friends page like 50 times and didn't see it. I guess I'll need to look again. I think it should be higher up on the page though, because if you have a lot of friends, it's a long way to scroll to the bottom.
ETA: Well, I looked again. I must have too many friends or something because it's not at the bottom of my page.
I would expect to see links to "blocking" and "blocked by" on my home page under the "Friends online" column AND/OR on the profile page under the truncated "buddy list."
I thought I must have blocked someone on a Route because I cannot get to their street, but I guess they must have blocked me because they are not in my list :( Now I can never do a full circuit of that route, I guess.
I only know why one of these people are blocked, but I can guess that the others were from spamming, I just only recognize the one.
@Auren, I'm not new and I don't have anyone blocked because I haven't found a reason to block anyone. I guess you can say I have a high tolerance. There are few things that would actually cause me to block someone and luckily no one on Glitch has found out those things yet. I also realize that this is a game and no one can really do anything to me.
I am surprised to see that I only blocked a handful and I remember exactly why I blocked most of them. Most for extreme rudeness. Some for spamming global but I haven't been on global much lately. Some were always being super annoying in Ajaya Bliss but I never go in there anymore.
So in the spirit of the holiday I am going to unblock everyone and see how that goes.
Oh, certainly, Carl. Some people don't get annoyed easily or don't run into the more serious forms of harassment, and some do. I've been fortunate in both regards.
@Janitch
In general it is a very good thing that people can't see a list of who blocked them. It is possible to discover that someone blocked you, if you can't get to their street, or you don't see announcements that they arrived on a street in Local. However, it is not meant to be easy. In the cases where someone gets blocked for purposefully annoying or harassing someone, but not to the extent where the TS staff can take measures, it is meant to prevent the person blocked from deciding to retaliate against someone. There are just enough loopholes in the system that a true griefer could still be a problem.
Auren: I haven't blocked anyone. I don't spend a lot of time in global, but I'm an ascended beta and spend a LOT of hours playing. No one has EVER been offensive to me. Maybe that's because I have never been offensive to anyone or tried to correct their game play.
Interesting enough, I'm a pretty solitary player. I keep global open and check in once and awhile if I'm crafting. I, to my knowledge, have never done anything to warrant being blocked. I'm sarcastic on the forums, irreverent when I do participate in global chat, and I tend to be very generous when I am playing often giving stuff away for free or helping out without demanding anything in return. I do not grief or troll. With that said I did find out someone had blocked me, a friend of a friend on my buddy list. No idea why. I guess some people are just more trigger happy with blocking then I am.
To be honest, it does hurt my feelings finding out someone blocked me. I'm trying not to take it personally but i can't help but feel a little hurt especially because I don't know why I was blocked. With that said, i truly hope you can never find out who all blocked you.
30...although looking through the list (and bearing in mind I've been playing since last oct/nov) most blocks I can remember why I blocked! My memory obviously isn't THAT bad! : ) : )
gracerigney, go to your "friends" page and scroll down to the bottom.
Wow, 17 players (I unblocked a few). I thought that I was way more tolerant than that. What an asshole I am! I did notice an alarming pattern, though. 3/4 of the people I have blocked have shockingly similar avatars. Does that say something about me or about their avatars? Hrmmmm.