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oogyda

Blocking on facebook messenger ?
« on: September 22, 2018, 11:31:54 am »
I have a niece who sends chain messages even though I have repeatedly asked her not to. 

It's gotten to the point that I want to block her on messenger only.  If I do this, will she know?  Will the app inform her that her next message was undeliverable?  I'd actually prefer if it did.  If not, I will let her know I'm blocking her because of this issue.

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Re: Blocking on facebook messenger ?
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2018, 10:42:07 pm »
I don’t know, but would be interested to find out too. I am wondering how hard it would be to just delete it.

oogyda

Re: Blocking on facebook messenger ?
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2018, 02:28:25 pm »
I'd rather block her since that would prevent her from sending future messages. 

It seems to me that if I delete her as a contact, she'd be able to re-add me as a contact the next time she's sending things like this. 

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Re: Blocking on facebook messenger ?
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2018, 05:30:07 pm »
I just testing out the "block" feature using my and my husband's accounts.

As DH I chose "block messages" from me.  Then I logged in as myself and tried to send a message to DH.  It lets you type if you're in the small popup window, but when you hit send it says "This person isn't available right now."  If you open up to the full page messenger where that person's last message is, there's literally no option to send a message--you can't type on the page with previous messages you've sent to them.

So if you want your niece to know WHY you're "not available", you'll have to tell her yourself.  Facebook (as usual--their settings seem to try to minimize drama) doesn't actually tell people they've been blocked.
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Re: Blocking on facebook messenger ?
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2018, 11:13:06 am »
I can't add to Bada's wonderful information. I just wanted to share that I have a friend who was doing something similar, but it was for his MLM company. I got upset, saw the block button, pushed it on a whim... life has been better. Although, I feel like the timeout should end now, but I can't figure out how to unblock him!

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Re: Blocking on facebook messenger ?
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2018, 01:08:23 pm »
Can you report messages the same way that you can report posts for spam?
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« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2018, 03:23:04 pm »
I can't add to Bada's wonderful information. I just wanted to share that I have a friend who was doing something similar, but it was for his MLM company. I got upset, saw the block button, pushed it on a whim... life has been better. Although, I feel like the timeout should end now, but I can't figure out how to unblock him!

Unblock is in the same place as Block is (I unblocked myself on DH's account after testing, lol).  Open Messenger and open a message to the blocked person (I don't think it matters if it's new or old) and click the gear icon to open "settings" (on the phone version it's an i inside a circle rather than a gear).  Unblock is an option.  So is "ignore messages" for people who don't want the person to know you're not receiving and reading their junk.

There's a "something's wrong" option, too, which looks like it functions as a spam reporting tool.  You can say "harassment" or "unauthorized sales"...not sure if those would fit the bill for MLM sales. Shrug.

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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2018, 11:18:47 am »
I can't add to Bada's wonderful information. I just wanted to share that I have a friend who was doing something similar, but it was for his MLM company. I got upset, saw the block button, pushed it on a whim... life has been better. Although, I feel like the timeout should end now, but I can't figure out how to unblock him!

Unblock is in the same place as Block is (I unblocked myself on DH's account after testing, lol).  Open Messenger and open a message to the blocked person (I don't think it matters if it's new or old) and click the gear icon to open "settings" (on the phone version it's an i inside a circle rather than a gear).  Unblock is an option.  So is "ignore messages" for people who don't want the person to know you're not receiving and reading their junk.

There's a "something's wrong" option, too, which looks like it functions as a spam reporting tool.  You can say "harassment" or "unauthorized sales"...not sure if those would fit the bill for MLM sales. Shrug.

Amazing! I could not find this for months now!!! Thanks, Friend is out of time out.

Despite a few character flaws, he actually is a good person and a friend that I want in my life (although in limited quantities.) I am not looking to get him in any trouble with Facebook, but I just do not want my phone buzzing all the time because he has sent me another advertisement for his company or other things that have no thought into whether I would care to receive them or not.

Either way, thank you for sharing your genius!
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Re: Blocking on facebook messenger ?
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2018, 11:28:48 am »
I can't add to Bada's wonderful information. I just wanted to share that I have a friend who was doing something similar, but it was for his MLM company. I got upset, saw the block button, pushed it on a whim... life has been better. Although, I feel like the timeout should end now, but I can't figure out how to unblock him!

Unblock is in the same place as Block is (I unblocked myself on DH's account after testing, lol).  Open Messenger and open a message to the blocked person (I don't think it matters if it's new or old) and click the gear icon to open "settings" (on the phone version it's an i inside a circle rather than a gear).  Unblock is an option.  So is "ignore messages" for people who don't want the person to know you're not receiving and reading their junk.

There's a "something's wrong" option, too, which looks like it functions as a spam reporting tool.  You can say "harassment" or "unauthorized sales"...not sure if those would fit the bill for MLM sales. Shrug.

Amazing! I could not find this for months now!!! Thanks, Friend is out of time out.

Despite a few character flaws, he actually is a good person and a friend that I want in my life (although in limited quantities.) I am not looking to get him in any trouble with Facebook, but I just do not want my phone buzzing all the time because he has sent me another advertisement for his company or other things that have no thought into whether I would care to receive them or not.

Either way, thank you for sharing your genius!

I take back everything that I said!   ::)  It has not been even thirty minutes since I unblocked him and he has already sent a message. It is not for the MLM, but a meme that has nothing to do with me. More like the sort of thing that one would post on their wall, because they thought it was funny and I may see it and like it if I thought it was funny, but not the sort of thing that would make you think of me. At least I know where to find the block button!   ;)
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