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How to Block, Mute, and Avoid Your Enemies Online
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Conventional wisdom will tell you that being online is bad and there’s nothing you can do to fix it. It’s all bad, they say. The platforms control everything and you control nothing. However, there is one thing you can do: block stuff. The block is a contentious tool. Some might say it’s too extreme; the tool of people with a closed mind-set. Some might say it doesn’t do enough. Regardless, it’s really the only control that you as a user have. As a service, in the spirit of civilized debate and also cleansing renewal, here is a guide to the many types of blocking.
Blocking
This one’s pretty simple. If you click block on someone, the platform will basically act like they don’t exist. You can’t see them, or their posts and they don’t get recommend to you and you can’t communicate with them at all. One issue with this is that some platforms, like Twitter, let the block recipient know that they have been blocked, which can cause more animosity. It’s a nuclear option, and should probably only be used on someone you are okay with pissing off.
On Facebook, head to the profile of the person you’d like to block and look for the little three-dot menu on the right side, in the corner of their cover photo.
From there, click block.
On Instagram, it’s a similar deal. Tap the three dots at the top right of someone’s profile and that’ll bring up the block option. On Twitter, you gotta go to someone’s profile and — wow you guessed it! — tap those magical three dots. If you get a mean tweet you can also go into the menu for that tweet specifically and there should be a block button right there.
If you don’t want to go nuclear, though, you may want to try a softer measure…
Muting
Muting is a function in which you hide another user’s activity without completely severing ties. On Instagram, for instance, muting an account hides that user from your feed, but you still follow them, which helps avoid awkward questions like, “Why don’t you follow me anymore?”
A mute is a personal shadow ban — it lets a person believe they’re still being heard even when they are no longer being listened to.
Twitter’s moderation options.
To mute someone on Facebook and Twitter, you can just go through the same steps you’d take to block them. Except this time, you can hit “mute” instead (Facebook calls this “unfollowing,” which hides their stuff but you remain friends).
For Facebook, you can temporarily mute someone right in the News Feed by clicking the dropdown menu in the upper-right corner of their post and hitting “snooze.”
Instagram’s moderation options.
On Instagram, muting someone is done from the three-dot menu on one of a user’s posts, not form the similar menu on their full profile. On the latter, however, you can also put someone in “Restricted” mode. That lets you screen their comments before they go live to everyone. You can do this from the user’s profile menu, or from swiping directly on a comment they’ve left. It also moves any DM conversations into a separate bucket.
Softblocking
Softblocking is not a built-in function, but a strategy. There are a few ways of doing it, but the idea is to create a sort of inverted mute. Where a mute hides someone else’s posts from you, a softblock hides your posts from someone else, without completely blocking them. It’s less like building a wall and more like cutting a string.
Take Twitter, for example. Let’s say there’s an annoying person who keeps replying to you, and while you don’t want to block them, you also want to try to stop them from interacting with you. You need a softblock, and to do this, you simply block them, but then immediately unblock. The result is that you have forced this person to unfollow you without their knowledge. They may not even notice if they’re just relying on an algorithm to guide them around social media, quietly and frictionlessly improving your social media experience.
Plus, if they do notice, and call you out (very rare), you can just say “oh, it’s a glitch” or something.
On Instagram, the same procedure works, and there are other types of softblocks too. For instance, you can hide just your Story from certain people. They won’t even know what they’re missing.
In most cases, softblock is just blocking and then quickly unblocking.
Unblocking
Yes, in the spirit of forgiveness and civility, you can also reverse course on most of the above actions.
Tucked away in the settings menus of all of these platforms is a list of everyone you’ve blocked or muted, and every once in a while, maybe you want to check in and be generous. Maybe your racist uncle isn’t racist anymore. You never know. (Or maybe you do!)
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How to Block and Unblock someone on Instagram
The internet is a crazy place, if you didn't already know.
From the creeps, to the weirdos, to the reply guys, to the people who are just generally unpleasant, we're very grateful to have the block feature on Instagram (and other social media sites).
Of course, in order for it to be effective, you have to know how to use it. It might also be helpful to know how to unblock someone on the occasion you need to do that, too.
You can now also remove a follower.
This practice used to be called a "soft block," or a "block-unblock." We'll also show you how to remove a follower below. But we'll start with the blocking.
2. Tap the three dots in the top right corner
Tap the three dots to find the "Block" option Credit: Screengrab / instagram
3. Tap "Block" in the menu that pops up
In the options that follow, tap "Block" Credit: SCREENGRAB / INSTAGRAM
4. Read your options on the following pop-up
Read the prompt that follows and select a block option Credit: SCREENGRAB / INSTAGRAM
We recommend choosing the top option to be on the safe side.
5. Tap "Block"That person is now blocked. They won't be able to see your posts, see your Story, or find your profile. They won't be able to follow you or message you on Instagram, and they won't be notified that you blocked them.
Should you decide that this person has served their time on the blocked list, and you feel safe allowing them to see your profile again (or if you made an oops and accidentally blocked someone you didn't mean to), you can Unblock them just as easily.
1. Navigate back to their profile2. Either tap the three dots in the top right corner and then tap "Unblock" or tap the blue "Unblock" button under their display name and bio
Unblock via the three dots or the blue "Unblock" button Credit: SCREENGRAB / INSTAGRAM
3. You'll be prompted to read a pop-up explaining what Unblocking this person will allow.
Read the pop-up and if you still want to Unblock, tap "Unblock" Credit: SCREENGRAB / INSTAGRAM
4. Then, if you still want to Unblock them, simply tap "Unblock"
Easy enough, right? Blocking is one of the primary tools you can use to keep yourself safe on Instagram and other social media.
Somebody making you feel unsafe? Block. Somebody replying to your posts with rude comments? Block. Somebody just generally annoying you lately? Block.
Blocking keeps us safer online, gives us more power to curate our own digital space, and allows us to try and keep social media from hurting our mental health. Social media will always have pros and cons, but that doesn't mean we can't use the tools available to us to maximize the pros and limit the cons as much as possible.
How to remove a follower1. Go to your Instagram profile
2. Find your followers list by tapping "Followers" at the top
3. Find the follower you want to remove by scrolling or typing their account handle in the search bar
4. Once you find their account, tap "Remove" on the right
How to remove a follower on Instagram Credit: andy moser / instagram
5.
When prompted, tap "Remove" once more. The follower will be removed from your followers list.
You can also remove a follower by going straight to their profile page, tapping the three dots in the top right corner, and tapping "Remove Follower" in the pop-up menu.
What does Soft Block mean on Twitter? How to do it and why
Twitter has become one of the most influential social networks of our time. Gradually, it has become a source of breaking news, a platform for announcing events, and of course, a place to interact with all your followers.
Twitter has its own terms and conditions for various aspects of the platform, including things like Tweet, Retweet, DM, etc. If you've been using Twitter for a while, you may have heard the term "soft block". Let's take a quick look at this.
What is a soft block on Twitter?
A soft ban is essentially a temporary ban on someone, followed by an unblock to remove someone from the subscribers without telling them.
If you delete a follower directly, Twitter will notify them. But because Twitter doesn't notify them when you block them, the quick action of blocking and unblocking has the net effect of removing a follower without their knowledge.
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Why you can soft block someone on Twitter
If you have someone you follow, or someone is following you, but you want to remove that person without notifying them, Soft is useful in such cases block.
Blocking someone removes them as a subscriber and also prevents you from following them. But it will also make it obvious to the other person that you have blocked them.
However, if you unblock them immediately, they will be deleted as your followers and you will no longer follow them. In most cases, this will go unnoticed on the other end, and even if the other person notices it, it will look like a glitch.
What happens when you gently block someone on Twitter?
When you soft block someone, they are deleted as your follower. They will no longer be able to see and reply to your private tweets. However, they won't know if you've removed them as a follower since Twitter doesn't notify them when you block them, but blocking someone automatically removes them as a follower. Hence, this is a great way to get rid of annoying and nosy followers without them knowing.
Soft Block V / s Blocking
The term soft blocking refers to a temporary blocking, while blocking someone is a permanent change that can only be canceled manually. Let's look at some of the key differences between the two.
What happens when you block someone
- You unfollow each other.
- You cannot follow each other again until the block is removed.
- You won't be able to see timeline, tagged posts, or mentions of each other.
- You will not be able to send private messages to each other.
- You can't view each other's public information or add each other to Twitter lists.
What happens when you soft block someone
- You unfollow them and they unfollow you.
- You can follow each other again in the future.
- They can still tag you and you can still tag them in public Tweets.
- They can see your public tweets and vice versa.
- They can send you private messages.
- They can add you to the list and see all of your public information.
As you might have guessed, a soft block uses the block feature to remove a follower without restricting access to other features on Twitter. This is a form of anonymous unfollow tool that is not initially available on Twitter. A soft block will allow you to remove a subscriber from your account without giving them the opportunity to know if they have been blocked by you.
On the other hand, it's fairly obvious to the other person that you've blocked them on Twitter due to limited functionality and view rights when visiting your Twitter profile.
How to soft block someone on Twitter
You can easily block someone, whether you're using a desktop or mobile device. Let's take a quick look at the procedure for each device.
Computer
Open your favorite browser and log in to Twitter.com. After logging in, go to the profile of the person you want to use in Soft Block.
Now click on the 3 dot menu icon next to their profile picture.
Click "Block @abcd", where "abcd" is the name of the user you want to block.
Confirm your choice by pressing "Block" again.
Once the person is blocked, click the menu icon with three dots again.
Now click "Unblock @abcd".
Confirm your choice by clicking Unblock.
And that's all! The person in question will now be removed as a follower and vice versa.
Note: A person who was once soft-blocked can always follow you again in the future.
On an iPhone
Open the Twitter app on your iOS device and go to the profile of the person you want to block.
Now tap the 3 dots menu icon in the top right corner of the screen.
Click Block @abcd
Click Block again to confirm your choice.
Note: Do not touch the cancel banner displayed in the banner at the top of the screen. While it will unlock the person, it will also restore them as your follower, and vice versa.
Click the 3 dot menu icon in the top right corner again and select "Unblock @abcd".
This person should now be unblocked for you and they should now be removed as your follower.
On Android
Open the Twitter app and go to the profile of the person you want to block. Click on the 3 dots icon in the top right corner.
Select Block.
Press Block again to confirm your choice.
After a person has been blocked, wait a few seconds and then click the Blocked icon on their profile page.
Click Yes to unblock the person.
And that's all! You have just completed a soft block and now the person concerned should be removed as your follower.
We hope this post has helped you get to know Soft Block on Twitter. If you run into any problems or have any questions for us, feel free to contact us using the comments below.
Programs for Windows, mobile applications, games - EVERYTHING is FREE, in our closed telegram channel - Subscribe :) is a common abbreviation for "muchual" on Twitter. By having its own slang, Twitter is a unique social network, because you can find many other specific abbreviations and abbreviations in it.
Various abbreviations can be found on Twitter.Another factor in the emergence of specific words on Twitter is the character limit on the site. For any tweet, only 280 characters are allotted, in which it is difficult to fit news or personal experience.
Resourceful users work around this limitation in various ways, such as writing threads (chains of tweets about the same topic) or shortening words.
As a result of the combination of many anglicisms and frequent abbreviations, many words and letter combinations that are incomprehensible to people unfamiliar with Twitter have emerged, which have become the most common slang.
Meaning of the most popular words on Twitter
To navigate Twitter fluently and understand what is being said, especially in younger generation tweets and interest groups, you just need to know some slang abbreviations.
To navigate Twitter, you need to know the slang abbreviations.I found the following to be common:
- mew;
- YUN;
- UP;
- LRT;
- subtweet;
- softblock;
- report.
Mew
Mew is Twitter short for "muchual". The word comes from the English mutual (“mutual”) with the addition of a feminine suffix -k- and means a mutual subscriber. In the masculine form (“muchual”), the word is less common, and if people of different sexes are meant, the form “muchual_ki” is more often used.
Mew means mutual subscriber.JUN
Abbreviation for the first letters of the English phrase "user name". It should not be confused with SW, the meaning of which is slightly different: user (“user”) is the part of the nickname that is spelled everywhere through the “dog” (@).
She appears in tweets when the profile is mentioned. YUN - the name by which a person is recognized, SW - the name of his page, a link to it.
UP
A similar abbreviation for the phrase “user pic”, or “user picture”, which translates as “user photo”, in other words, “avatar”.
LRT
Last ReTweet This abbreviation starts tweets that follow retweets from other pages and contain personal comments from the user who made the retweet. In my Twitter feed, one of the most common uses for this shorthand is to retweet a picture on my profile that is against direct commenting.
LRT is the latest retweet.Subtweet
Subtweet means a tweet about a user not directly mentioned with the @ sign. This way, the person won't get notified when they're mentioned in another tweet.
Such tweets are tantamount to gossip, talking behind the back of the user implied in the tweet.
Soft block
Soft block - “soft blocking” - a method by which communication is limited.
