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Apollon Apr 7, 2022 @ 2:07am
Unfriended+Blocked User still interacting with me
The particular user and myself are in a common steam group, and they keep reacting to all of my messages with emotes. Is there nothing that can be done to prevent this other than leaving the steam group?
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Originally posted by ♥♥tutor♥♥tαrα♥♥:
Originally posted by Apollon:
Unfriended+Blocked User still interacting with me
The particular user and myself are in a common steam group, and they keep reacting to all of my messages with emotes. Is there nothing that can be done to prevent this other than leaving the steam group?
Originally posted by Apollon:
I have read all of your opinions guys, I am afraid my wish was a lot simpler than what you have been discussing. I simply wished that a blocked person would not be able to react with an emote to my post, as I did not wish to have to be reminded of their existence ever again. I really could not care any less if they could see what I write or post

No, there is not a way to prevent blocked users from adding emoticon reactions to your Steam group chat posts. Right now, your choices are to ignore the emoticon reactions, or ask the Steam group chat owner (or a group officer/moderator, depending on the permissions the owner assigned) to tell the blocked users to stop adding emoticon reactions to your posts (and to kick/ban the blocked users if they continue to add emoticon reactions to your posts), or to leave the group chat.

I checked some Steam group chats, but none of the posts in them had emoticon reactions. So I added an emoticon reaction to a post that I made in a Steam chat with a single friend. I then asked that friend to react to the same post with the same emoticon. The emoticon reaction had the number 2 on it to show that two users reacted with the same emoticon
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1814396202014779183/56D049238D11709AAA34591ACC03A90030A9C126/

When I hover over the emoticon reaction, a small window pops up, showing both that I reacted with that emoticon and also naming my friend that reacted with that emoticon https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1814396202014779954/1D564B35A7971A2658630B9AA4355A1DA629D8B0/

I think that emoticon reactions from blocked users to your Steam group chat posts should be hidden from you, the same way that their posts are hidden from you. And, if more than one user responds to your group post with the same emoticon, hovering over the emoticon should only show the names of the non-blocked users who responded with that emoticon and either show nothing for the blocked users, or replace their profile names with "blocked" for blocked users who responded with that emoticon.

The way it is now, a blocked user can continue to harass like a bored brother continuously poking you in the back seat of the car, hoping that you will break and yell at them, and so get yourself in trouble with the driver, threatened with the dreaded "DON'T MAKE ME PULL THIS CAR OVER!"

Apollon, you could search the Suggestions / Ideas forum https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/ to see if anyone else has suggested hiding Steam group chat emoticon reactions from blocked users, and post that you would like that change also. If you don't find one, you can start a new discussion there to suggest it.
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Ogami Apr 7, 2022 @ 2:14am 
Nope. You cant prevent a blocked user from reacting to community posts of yours, be it on the forums or in groups.
Your posts are public to everyone.

All that blocking a user does is preventing them from adding you as a friend, sending you messages in Steam chat and their posts on the forums/groups are hidden by default from you.

Thats it. On their end they can still see all your community posts and also react to it.
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Lily McFluffy Butt Apr 7, 2022 @ 6:23am 
It also prevents them from commenting on any of your content (profile, screenshots, artwork, guides, reviews, etc) but it does NOT prevent them from doing things in a public space.
Last edited by Lily McFluffy Butt; Apr 7, 2022 @ 6:23am
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crunchyfrog Apr 7, 2022 @ 7:54am 
No, nor should they be.

The fact they still respond has nothing todo with anything. They are fully entitled to do so. When you block someone it ONLY gives you the ability not to see their comments, that's all.

It would be unfair for their rights to be removed just because you say so.

Unless they actually break the frules there is nothing wrong here.
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Airmaster Apr 7, 2022 @ 3:27pm 
I think the point the OP is trying to make is that if one user blocks another user there shouldn't be any way to see each other's comments on forums posts as well. I totally agree with this.

Once a user is blocked, seeing their comments on forums posts should also be blocked not just hidden with no way for the user who blocked the other user see them or unhide them. Blocking another steam user should included blocking their comments from being viewed by the user that initially blocked that other user yet still visible to other users.

Steam needs to make this possible. Could save a lot of trouble and stop dumb arguments on the forums. Only other alternative is contact the groups administrator and discuss the issue with the group admin.

Hope this makes sense.
Last edited by Airmaster; Apr 7, 2022 @ 3:44pm
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Aachen Apr 7, 2022 @ 4:30pm 
.... then the blocked user signs out.

And the potential for weaponizing such an implementation of the block function has been previously discussed, if one cares to look.

Why do you think a blocker needs to lose control over whether to read a hidden comment or leave it be?

What basis leads you to believe that arguments would be curtailed if such a capability existed?
Last edited by Aachen; Apr 7, 2022 @ 4:32pm
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Airmaster Apr 7, 2022 @ 6:23pm 
Originally posted by Aachen:
.... then the blocked user signs out.

And the potential for weaponizing such an implementation of the block function has been previously discussed, if one cares to look.

Why do you think a blocker needs to lose control over whether to read a hidden comment or leave it be?

What basis leads you to believe that arguments would be curtailed if such a capability existed?

The saying, "out of sight, out of mind" has much potential here. If the user who blocked the user who is being annoying and arguing cant see the comments they cannot reply to the user on the forums and continue annoying or argue since neither user can see the others comments. No more interaction between the two users having a hostile disagreement, the argument dies since communication between on them forums is no longer seen by either of them.

Its worked other on other types of internet websites forums. it could work here.

Just sayin.
Last edited by Airmaster; Apr 7, 2022 @ 6:29pm
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davidb11 Apr 7, 2022 @ 6:40pm 
It only works on social media sites. Period.
No other forum does it because of how easy it is to abuse.

Twitter is rifle with abuse like this.

It's too easily abused.
Especially for a forum like this.

You're asking to make the place a freaking ghost town except for people who agree with you, basically.
That's the only reason to do this.
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Airmaster Apr 7, 2022 @ 6:49pm 
Originally posted by davidb11:
It only works on social media sites. Period.
No other forum does it because of how easy it is to abuse.

Twitter is rifle with abuse like this.

It's too easily abused.
Especially for a forum like this.

You're asking to make the place a freaking ghost town except for people who agree with you, basically.
That's the only reason to do this.

Well it seemed like a good idea.
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davidb11 Apr 7, 2022 @ 6:53pm 
It really only works on Social Media sites, that's the problem.
Last edited by davidb11; Apr 7, 2022 @ 6:53pm
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Random Ryan (RETURNING SOON!) Apr 7, 2022 @ 8:23pm 
All you can really do is not open their messages.

That’s it.
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Gus the Crocodile Apr 7, 2022 @ 11:28pm 
Originally posted by davidb11:
It only works on social media sites. Period.
No other forum does it because of how easy it is to abuse.

Twitter is rifle with abuse like this.

It's too easily abused.
Especially for a forum like this.
There's nothing abusive about not allowing people to attach their posts to yours. They're not owed that, it's nobody's right.
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davidb11 Apr 7, 2022 @ 11:32pm 
That doesn't make any sense.
The entire point of this suggestion is to make it impossible to see blocked people's posts completely.
it cannot ever be claimed it can't be abused, because it is abused all the time on Twitter and Facebook.

It does not belong here on this forum because no internet forum acts like Social Media.

No one can want this suggestion here.
It would kill the forum. It would kill any forum.

This can't be debated because it is HUMAN NATURE for people to want to corrupt this.
Last edited by davidb11; Apr 7, 2022 @ 11:32pm
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Gus the Crocodile Apr 7, 2022 @ 11:45pm 
Originally posted by davidb11:
That doesn't make any sense.
The entire point of this suggestion is to make it impossible to see blocked people's posts completely.
No it isn't. The OP asked about stopping people from responding to their posts, not stopping them from seeing those posts.

Originally posted by davidb11:
it cannot ever be claimed it can't be abused, because it is abused all the time on Twitter and Facebook.
No it isn't. Because blocking people from seeing your posts, or from attaching your posts to theirs, isn't abuse. Nobody is getting hurt, nobody's rights are being violated.

Originally posted by davidb11:
It does not belong here on this forum because no internet forum acts like Social Media.
All internet forums act like social media. Because they are social media.

Originally posted by davidb11:
This can't be debated
Of course it can. I'm sure you're aware you aren't boss of the universe and your views are not automatically and unquestioningly correct.
Last edited by Gus the Crocodile; Apr 7, 2022 @ 11:46pm
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Judgmental Amaterasu Apr 8, 2022 @ 1:24am 
Originally posted by Gus the Crocodile:
Originally posted by davidb11:
It only works on social media sites. Period.
No other forum does it because of how easy it is to abuse.

Twitter is rifle with abuse like this.

It's too easily abused.
Especially for a forum like this.
There's nothing abusive about not allowing people to attach their posts to yours. They're not owed that, it's nobody's right.

Look if you want echo chambers reddit twitter and facebook provide them already. This is a forum.

You know what I do when i see the warning about a post from a blocked user? I don't look at the post. MAGIC.
Last edited by Judgmental Amaterasu; Apr 8, 2022 @ 1:26am
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The End Apr 8, 2022 @ 1:32am 
Originally posted by Gus the Crocodile:
There's nothing abusive about not allowing people to attach their posts to yours. They're not owed that, it's nobody's right.
As long you are within the rules and ontopic, everyone is welcome to participate in the forums no matter what other users seems to believe.

Originally posted by Gus the Crocodile:
The OP asked about stopping people from responding to their posts, not stopping them from seeing those posts.
You should never have the power to prohibit anyone from posting in a topic no matter you made it or not.

If you have blocked a user, it's really as simple as to not unfold the collapsed answers made by that person.

This is a forum not a personal blog.

Edit:
Reworded my answer as a few had a hardtime understanding what I meant.
Last edited by The End; Apr 9, 2022 @ 2:31am
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