Blocked for no reason?

I have tried to look at some profiles only to see "you have blocked this..." then I check the four people I did block and they ain't one of them

There is always a reason for a block, whether intentional or accidental.

~Allen

Fairly liberal comedian Bill Maher once said, "I've never fucked a Republican." To which conservative political commentator Bill O"Reilly replied, "I know we're in California right now and you've been smoking pot Maher, but it's not gonna happen tonight either. "

Some things don't mix. I block people all the time. We don't get to enjoy the lifestyle as much as we used to and we eliminate the connections for people we can clearly see that we don't want to go and only have a polite dinner with then go home with not much in common.

SLS is at best a networking tool to find events. If someone blocks you its a good thing, they saved you a boring evening of two couples with different sets of background assumptions politely conversing over well stirred drinks.

Denny, like TBR said. If someone actually blocked you they can’t email or IM you or even see your profile or posts. It’s like your existence to them was erased.

However, if the set their profile preferences to no Single Males that’s different. They can see your profile. Even email and IM you. if it’s open to their type of profile. You can’t view them in return but you can reply to their messages.

~rabbit~

You can't.

I like how they block you and are still able to email and IM you Just as cool as those that have hidden profiles are able to do the same If you block some one or have ur profiles hidden fro certain members you shouldn’t be able to contact them at all

You are getting blocked for no reason?

Do what I do...

Be more of an asshole.

Then they will have a reason to block you.

Problem solved...

I would submit there is no such thing as "blocked for no reason".

You may not know the reason, or may not think it worth a block.

But there is a reason.

Too young. Too old.
Too fat. Too thin.
Too rich. Too poor.
Too bi. Too straight.
Too tall. Too short.
Always condoms. Prefer bareback.
Only white. Only black.
Too active. Too new.
Loves Trump. Loves Hillary.
Whatever....

Everyone is not for everyone.

Whoever did the block has decided you are not a good fit and blocking is their way to cross you off the list.

Even if you might like their profile, you now won't have to waste time reaching out and getting a "no". Win/win!

Eh. I like the automatic and comprehensive reciprocal block. I don't want anyone I've blocked to see and respond to what I've posted, nor do I see any need to view or have my profile viewed by someone who is otherwise blocked.

Agree with P&W, it would make more sense if an option was available to block a users forum posts that was separate from the block of viewing a profile.

To not be able to see the posts of people that have blocked me isn't quite the same - just because they blocked me doesn't mean I don't want to see what they have to say. So I agree it is a bit idiotic but this is SLS - it doesn't have to make sense or even work properly!

No, it isn't idiotic at all. Not having to see their forum posts is why I have three accounts blocked.

SLS has their settings so a user cannot see forum posts from a profile that has them blocked?

That is idiotic.

What is even more fun is seeing new threads in the forum but you can only read part of the conversation because one of the profiles has blocked you! I never knew they existed; I had never looked at their profile before noticing them in the forums (well kinda noticed since I was already blocked).

That's when I learned that not everyone that blocks you shows up in your blocked list - depending on how they blocked you that feature doesn't always work!

I figure they block to eliminate distractions during searches (pretty much the scenario BT describes) or they think they know us and don't want us to find them!

Yes. There is a difference. That's why I described the second scenario after Kinky described the first. People tend to use the word "block" interchangeably to describe both scenarios.

BT

There’s a difference between

“This couple has a profile hidden from single males to”

“It appears you’ve been blocked by crazyentitled82727”

But I get it... to avoid a person writing in the future.

LL,

That could be, but it could also be that some folks use the block feature as a filter to hide individual profiles for which they have no interest. They may have also noticed via Who Viewed Me that you've stopped in for a gander a time or two, and again, having no interest in you, they block you.

Lastly, there's the late night, falling asleep, laptop propped up on your knees in bed, missed keystroke block. ...Not that I've ever been guilty of that!

...(borrows Sorillo's) shifty eyes....

BT

-Dr. Strangelove- How I learned to stop worrying and love the block...

In Privacy Preferences, anyone can block any entire entity from viewing their profile. Example...if a couple does not want to hear from any single men, the can block single males profiles from viewing their profile. This would be why you appear to be blocked by people you have not interacted with before.

Has it happened to you? One day you open a profile and user blocked you? But you never wrote them,... simply blocked.

Several people around here have blocked me for no reason. (I don’t ever write if there’s something on the profile that doesn’t make me a match, race, height, distance, etc etc).