{"id":40035,"date":"2022-07-30T15:12:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=40035"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:12:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:12:48","slug":"what-happens-when-you-block-someone-on-facebook-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-block-someone-on-facebook-3","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When You Block Someone on Facebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fd06272d2be\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fd06272d2be\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fd06272d2be\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-block-someone-on-facebook-3\/#What_Happens_When_You_Block_Someone_on_Facebook\" title=\"What Happens When You Block Someone on Facebook?\">What Happens When You Block Someone on Facebook?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-block-someone-on-facebook-3\/#Your_Timeline_becomes_invisible_to_that_person\" title=\"Your Timeline becomes invisible to that person\">Your Timeline becomes invisible to that person<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-block-someone-on-facebook-3\/#They_cant_join_a_room\" title=\"They can&#8217;t join a room\">They can&#8217;t join a room<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-block-someone-on-facebook-3\/#They_cant_comment_on_your_posts\" title=\"They can&#8217;t comment on your posts\">They can&#8217;t comment on your posts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-block-someone-on-facebook-3\/#You_lose_the_power_to_converse\" title=\"You lose the power to converse\">You lose the power to converse<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Happens_When_You_Block_Someone_on_Facebook\"><\/span>What Happens When You Block Someone on Facebook?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>What happens when you block someone on Facebook? You lose their ability to communicate with you. In addition, their Timeline becomes inaccessible. That means they can&#8217;t join a room or comment on your posts. This is a huge setback from both your and their standpoints. If you&#8217;ve ever tried to converse with someone on Facebook, you&#8217;ll know just how frustrating it can be to block them. So, how do you go about unblocking them?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_Timeline_becomes_invisible_to_that_person\"><\/span>Your Timeline becomes invisible to that person<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you block someone on Facebook, their posts will no longer appear on your Timeline. This includes tagging, sending messages, and starting conversations. If you have been friends with them before, you can unfriend them, but you will not receive any notifications. However, it is not recommended to block someone just because they have offended you. Keeping the right distance from people is important to maintain a healthy relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The main difference between unfriending and blocking is that the former prevents the other from seeing your posts. Blocking someone removes them from your friends list, but the other person can still see your profile and posts. Unfriending someone removes them from your friend list, but it does not make you invisible. The person can still see your profile and any posts that you&#8217;ve shared with mutual friends.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"They_cant_join_a_room\"><\/span>They can&#8217;t join a room<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you block someone on Facebook, they can&#8217;T join a room. They won&#8217;t show up in your regular friends list, and they will never show up in search results. When you block someone, they cannot send you a message. However, they can see the messages you send to them in the Direct inbox. In this article, we&#8217;ll explain why blocking someone on Facebook is a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>The blocking feature on Facebook is designed to give more power to users already following the person you&#8217;ve blocked. Clubhouse users are given a list of suggested people. The tech industry&#8217;s power men dominate this list &#8211; the founders of Andreessen Horowitz have seven million followers. If you block someone from the most popular rooms, they won&#8217;t be able to join. You can then remove the person from your friend list. If you accidentally block someone, they won&#8217;t be able to join a room again.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"They_cant_comment_on_your_posts\"><\/span>They can&#8217;t comment on your posts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If someone posts something you don&#8217;t want them to see, you can choose to hide their comments or to block them from your page entirely. Whether you want to protect yourself from someone who uses Facebook to spam you, blocking comments is an important feature of the social networking site. Fortunately, there&#8217;s an easy way to do it. All you need to do is click on the red &#8211; symbol next to the person&#8217;s name. If the person&#8217;s profile picture does not match their name, you can unblock them.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook will remind you that you blocked them when they attempt to read or comment on your posts. You may not want to do this, but you have to do this to protect your account. Once you block someone, they won&#8217;t be able to view your posts and their old communications with you. Also, they won&#8217;t be able to view any of your posts, unless you&#8217;ve marked them as mutual friends.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_lose_the_power_to_converse\"><\/span>You lose the power to converse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first time you block a person on Facebook, they will no longer be able to send you private messages. They will no longer be able to send you messages via the chat box or the camera icon in the bottom bar. However, they can still be a part of group chats and can still converse with you on Facebook. The other person will be notified if you join a group.<\/p>\n<p>If you are the person who blocks another person, you can still obtain their contact information by searching for it on Google or another search engine. Facebook can index ephemeral Facebook or Messenger stories. It also allows you to obtain an email address from various other sources, such as blogs, forums, and other social media. 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