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james o asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 4 years ago

Why cannot YA make it clear that you have been blocked? What are they afraid of?

Update:

There's no indication you have been blocked; you just keep not being able to post to one user.

Also, if I'm blocked, why not block me being able to see their questions????

It's a bit of a pain, since I usually don't pay attention to who's asking the question, and blocking happens only here and there. To figure out who is asking, you have to open the question and then open the poster's avatar. There must be a better way.

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  • Grinch
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Annoying, isn't it?

    If you don't see an answer box on a question or a comment box on an answer, you've been blocked by that user.

    However, if that user has chosen the option to post anonymously, you have no idea that you are blocked until you attempt to submit and are unable to do so. That's because the Anon option blocks all users' access to that user's profile, and the disconnect between the profile and other users prevents the block and follow options, and also prevents users from seeing any information in that user's profile.

  • 4 years ago

    Well, um, because they uh, don't have to. I mean uh, let us know about being uh, blocked or whatever. It's kinda like bring on someone's talk show. I can be as nice as can be, and be EVER so agreeable... but if the host does not care for me... well, it's his uh, show. You know? I seriously doubt they are, um, afraid of us, you know, at all. Any.

  • 4 years ago

    If they fix that, It'll just be broke in a week again. Nothing is clear on this site...muddy waters.

    There was a better way and Yahoo changed it all. Seems to me every update and upgrade is really

    dumbing it down.

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