You two kids just can’t get along can you?
Sometimes two kids, no matter how much adult intervention there is, just can’t get along. When this happens the adults just have to make sure to keep the two kids as far apart as possible to prevent problems from occurring.
Believe it or not, this happens among adults as well, so I had to develop a “Block User” feature that allows users to block one another when they just can’t get along.
So what happens when you block another user on FetLife you do not get along with:
- all conversations, wall-posts, comments on pictures, etc. between you two will be deleted;
- you will not be able to contact one another anymore;
- you will not be able to see each other’s full profile, just a mini-profile with only your nickname, location and avatar on it… nothing else.
I also watch the block list so that if someone is being blocked by many different people I can start asking questions.
How do I block a kinkster I am not getting along with you ask? Go to their profile and under their picture click “Block”… it is as simple as that!
Tell me what you think!
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I think this is great. Any more updates planned for this week.
Oh by the way, I have kids and I usually just ref them (unless one is really hurting the other), but thats not practical in this type of atmosphere.
I’m glad you’ve implemented this feature. It’s unfortunate that people can’t get along, but blocking is needed, and not just to deescalate fights; sometimes it’s needed for legitimate privacy reasons.
Regarding privacy, I would prefer a system that made my profile completely invisible to the blocked user, without informing the user that I’ve blocked them. This is how blocking works on Facebook. I’ve run across profiles of people whom I know from other contexts, and I’d really like to keep those parts of my life separate from Fetlife. Within the current system, I can’t do that; they can still see that I’m on Fetlife, which is more than I want to divulge. Moreover, they can tell by my minimal profile that they’ve been blocked, which may cause needless offense.
Therefore, I’d like a block option that lets me hide my profile entirely. I don’t mind if the invisibility is reciprocal. I just want it to look to blocked users as if my profile didn’t exist at all.
I hope you’ll take this into consideration. Thank you for all your excellent work on the site and the community so far. It’s a pleasure to be part of it.