Apparently, the entry still exists. Others can read it, they can read my comments, they can comment on my comments, but all this is hidden from me. This is *bad*. Friendfeed should not make these things possible.
- Peter
I think I will add the first user to my hide list (and a user I don't even directly subscribe)...
- Marco Neves
from IM
Hi Peter, I'm not sure I'm following. I see the entry as being deleted. Can you clarify how you know that the entry still exists? It's possible that you were blocked by the poster, and that's why comments continued on the entry that you could no longer see. But as far as I can tell, the entry you're referring to has been deleted.
- Ana
Hi Peter, it looks like you were blocked then, b/c when I click through to that entry (or if you tried doing so while logged out), it says this entry has been deleted.
- Ana
So why doesn't it say I was blocked? And why can I still read all feeds/group this was posted to?
- Peter
Either way, a shame someone deletes a discussion
- Peter
Hi Peter, for social reasons, we don't display anywhere that someone has been blocked.
- Ana
Hi Ana. I'm really curious what you mean by "for social reasons." What are the positive benefits that you/FF see by not letting the crowd following a discussion know that someone has been removed by force? I'm not saying it's the right or wrong decision. I'm just curious as to the reasoning. Consider IRC, where a user being kicked or banned is public and the mods will be held accountable to the other members of the channel if they feel like the kick was unjustified.
- tollie williams
Hi Tollie, block only works for the user who instigated the block. If you, Bob and I are participating in a discussion, you still see the comments that I made, even if Bob chose to block me. The decision to block someone is personal, and not something that we chose to share with the blocked or other users.
- Ana
Peter - I apologized to you, but you are still offended. I don't know what you want from me. The option to moderate comments is a FriendFeed option to users. The option to remove an entire thread is a FriendFeed option to users. The option to block is a FriendFeed option for users. If you don't believe those features should be options for any users, maybe put in a request to FriendFeed. But I still don't know what you want from me.
- Jan - @wordsforliving
So I was blocked, and after that the entry was deleted? What if it weren't deleted? Than you'd have the situation as described above, anyone but me being able to read/comment my comments. Or would blocking me remove my comments from the entry? Which ever way, I don't like it. I like the way usenet works. There you can "killfile" someone so you don't have to read his/her posts, but you can't make someone shut up.
- Peter
Now I'm confused. Being blocked does not deny me access? Then why does blocking give me the message that an entry is private? What actually is blocking supposed to do?
- Peter
Blocking is a way for someone to protect themselves or protect others from being offended by their words and presence.
- Jan - @wordsforliving
Hi Peter, sorry I should have been more clear. Blocking only denies you access to an entry if you were blocked by that entry's originator, which essentially means that that user no longer wants you to be able to see his entries, nor do they want to see yours. If a fellow commenter in an entry blocks you, it doesn't affect your ability to participate in an entry. That said, I believe...
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- Ana
I simply deleted the whole entry due to someone else (not you peter) and made the group room it was posted in private. I'm sorry that I offended you. Now just agreeing with Ana to not hash things on on FF Feedback room.
- Jan - @wordsforliving
So, again, if I understand correctly, if the entry's originator blocked me, then the thing would happen that I objected to. That I would not be able to read my own comments nor any comments made by others to me in that entry. People could critisize me, maybe misreading my original comments, and I would not have the opportunity to defend my point of view. I would not even know I was...
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- Peter
Hi Peter, I'm sorry to hear that you feel this way. That is the way the feature currently works, and your described circumstance is not the use case the feature was designed for. Of course, on the internet, there will always be people who do things that are disagreeable. But we do continue to evaluate our feature set and make adjustments. Thanks for your patience.
- Ana
I would like to understand what this feature was designed for. What purpose did you have in mind? There are private groups, were only members can read and write. That makes sense. There are group admins, who can remove unwanted content from a group. That makes sense too. I can block someone so I don't have to read his or her messages. Makes sense. I can remove any comments posted to an...
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- Peter
I think we are misunderstanding eachother.
- Peter
Hi Peter, when you block someone, you essentially make your feed private and remove that person from your list of subscribers. It is not about any one entry, even if it does have that effect. This is already possible within FriendFeed if someone does exactly that (make their feed private and remove the subscriber). We tend to think of entries as owned by the originator, and so, they can...
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- Ana
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