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March 19, 2006 at 10:23 pm #22077ixfd64Member
This question is related to IMing in general. I’m sure a lot of you will have someone block you for seemingly no reason.
Since Microsoft and AOL do not have any official policies on blocking, every user has (a right to) their own personal blocking policies. So it is easy to get some users to block you (just by sayin “hi” etc) and some users will take a lot to block you. For some people, even if you do everything “right” (being very polite to them, etc), they will block you.
So, if you think you’ve been unfairly blocked by someone, how do you challenge it?
For me, it depends on how well I know the person. If it is a person who I’m very familiar with, I will try to e-mail them or discuss the situation with that person. I might also use my alternate account. However, if the person did have a legit reason to block me, they might consider it harassing them if I IMed them right away using another screenname. So I usually only use this second method after waiting a few months. Also, I don’t like to sound like that I’m accusing them, so I won’t ask them immediately why they blocked me.
For other people who I’m not so familiar with (ie: a friend’s friend), I might email them or use Doormanbot to ask them why they blocked me.
For others, I just ignore them. As my roommate nicely puts it, “some people just aren’t worth talking to if they’re going to block you!”
March 20, 2006 at 4:44 am #139807FancyMemberUmm if someone blocks you…it means they dont want to talk to you anymore…so why would you want to challenge it at all? I think to challenge it would be like the saying “Just what part of “NO” don’t you understand?”
March 20, 2006 at 6:33 am #139806ridv34MemberThere is no way to challange a block, and there never will be.
March 20, 2006 at 6:41 am #139804ixfd64MemberWell, it’s always nice to know why someone blocked you, especially if it was an accident.
I got quite a few people to unblock me this way.
March 25, 2006 at 12:35 am #139803RustyMemberYou must be pretty hated to have people accidentally block you.
March 25, 2006 at 10:26 am #139802Ithaca1937MemberI think that the people that blocked you are just telling you that as an excuse; that it was an accident, to be polite. As Fancy said, if they blocked you, they don’t want to talk to you. They will most likely see continuing to contact them with other accounts as harassment regardless of your good intentions.
March 25, 2006 at 1:22 pm #139801OreoMemberThank goodness there is no way to challenge a block…that’s like saying “You have your door locked…I want to come in! I challenge your right to lock your door!” Personal privacy is just that, personal…you can challenge it in your head…but there will certainly NOT be some rule on an IM program to challenge it…again…THANK GOODNESS!
March 28, 2006 at 12:58 am #139805ixfd64MemberAccidents are definitely possible.
For example, if you have set it so that non-buddies who IM you will generate an “accept message” dialog, you can block the person by simply typing “b [enter]”. It’s really easy to accidentally block someone this way. I know I’ve done it before.
But youg uys are right, though. Using another s/n might be too intrusive. I do try to avoid using another s/n in case the person did have a legit reason to block me. For most people, the most reasonable way to question a block is by email.
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