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Khsar May 26, 2017 @ 9:32pm

So if you get blocked or block someone - What do they see?

I tried googling it, but all the information I found was really old and a lot of the info was mixed.

When someone blocks you, do they show up as online or offline?

What if you block someone?

I read if you block someone, you show as online still. But then I also read you go offline to them. Then also read both go offline when either person blocks someone.

Then if the person removed me as a friend, they keep on my friends list (and vice versa). But then read another post, if someone removes you as a friend, you get removed to.

A lot of mixed info it seems like. So any actual answer to these?

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76561198152167391 May 26, 2017 @ 9:43pm

When someone blocks you, they show up as offline.

When you block someone. They show as offline.

Also if the person removed you as a friend. They will get removed.

Khsar May 26, 2017 @ 9:48pm

Thanks :) Was hard to find actual information on this, since a lot of mixed responses from googling. I figured that was the case, but some posts suggested otherwise.

Teksura May 26, 2017 @ 10:08pm

If you really want to see for yourself, say the word and I'll block you for a day. I should be always online so you can see the effects. Not saying EstheR is wrong, I am pretty sure they are right. But it can't hurt to verify since you found a lot of mixed answers.

Khsar May 26, 2017 @ 10:17pm

Originally posted by Teksura:
If you really want to see for yourself, say the word and I'll block you for a day. I should be always online so you can see the effects. Not saying EstheR is wrong, I am pretty sure they are right. But it can't hurt to verify since you found a lot of mixed answers.

Sure. I sent a friend request

Teksura May 26, 2017 @ 10:53pm

So, here are the results we got:

When I blocked Vendayn, it did not remove us as friends. That would have do be done as a separate thing. It should be noted that removing someone from your friends list always removes them from yours as well, and that is unrelated to blocking someone.

Anyway, when I blocked Vendayn, their status clanged to "Blocked" and the typical colored border seen around an avatar (indicating status) changed to gray; it appeared just like if they were offline.

However, Vendayn still saw me as online. And I found that interesting.

Curiously, I was still able to send messages to Vendayn, and they got them all even though I had them blocked. However, I recieved no messages back when they were sent. This means that when you block someone on your friends list, you can still message them all you like, but they can't message you.

In conclusion, the Steam client appears to give absolutly no indication to the blocked user in any of our tests that they have in fact been blocked. You can't view their status, they can view yours. you can send them messages, they can't send messages to you. It was all very curious.

Things we thought of but did not try due to time issues include:

Sending a trade offer to someone who has you blocked.
Sending a friend request to someone who has you blocked.

dRuPpI Aug 14, 2018 @ 8:42am

the person you want to block needs to be offline before you block him or you will get this "still online bug" maybe restarting your steam after blocking will work also.

dericneoiscool Jun 7, 2020 @ 1:09pm

If I block someone can he join in my game ?

Crazy Tiger Jun 7, 2020 @ 1:13pm

Originally posted by dericneoiscool:
If I block someone can he join in my game ?

Depends how the game developers set up things. If they use the Steam block list, they can exclude people from matchmaking with you.

dericneoiscool Jun 7, 2020 @ 1:15pm

But if left 4 dead 2 I play online public the person who I blocked him can he join in my game ?

TwoFace17 May 10, 2021 @ 9:20pm

Can a blocked person see your games tho? I have someone who I don't want them to see what games I own so I blocked the for the time being, but not sure if they're still able to see my games or not

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce May 10, 2021 @ 9:50pm

Originally posted by TwoFace17:
Can a blocked person see your games tho? I have someone who I don't want them to see what games I own so I blocked the for the time being, but not sure if they're still able to see my games or not

You have games details set to friends only or private anyways.

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ChickenBalls May 30, 2021 @ 2:44am

It seems that the person you have blocked can still read your Steam forum posts which should not be possible. I mean I often block people because they were being rude or just unpleasant so naturally I don't want them to read my forum posts let alone reply to them.

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ElvisDeadly May 30, 2021 @ 7:00am

Originally posted by ChickenBalls:
It seems that the person you have blocked can still read your Steam forum posts which should not be possible. I mean I often block people because they were being rude or just unpleasant so naturally I don't want them to read my forum posts let alone reply to them.

Of course they can.

The forums would be an unworkable mess if you had your way.

You don't want people to be able to read your posts? Stop posting on a public forum.

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