PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-219 hours agoIf a block some user/community/instance on Lemmy, do we become invisible/incommunicable to each other, or we just won't see each others posts on the feed?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareIf a block some user/community/instance on Lemmy, do we become invisible/incommunicable to each other, or we just won't see each others posts on the feed?PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-219 hours agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·20 hours agoI’m pretty sure blocking goes one way. You can’t see their posts but they can see and reply to yours.
minus-squarebirdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·20 hours agoHmm, I’ll test it out with you. I’ll block you and 30 min later I’ll unblock you. See if you can see me in the meantime.
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-219 hours agoIt’s seventeen minutes after you replied to me and I can not only see your reply, I’ve upvoted it and made this reply.
minus-squarebirdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·19 hours agoAnd unblocked. Interesting. When I blocked you, I couldn’t see my own comment made to you anymore, nor your comment. Couldn’t find or up-/downvote you. But for you inversely, it works. Interesting.
I’m pretty sure blocking goes one way. You can’t see their posts but they can see and reply to yours.
Hmm, I’ll test it out with you. I’ll block you and 30 min later I’ll unblock you. See if you can see me in the meantime.
It’s seventeen minutes after you replied to me and I can not only see your reply, I’ve upvoted it and made this reply.
And unblocked. Interesting. When I blocked you, I couldn’t see my own comment made to you anymore, nor your comment. Couldn’t find or up-/downvote you.
But for you inversely, it works. Interesting.
It’s a very personal shadow ban.