Just Got Blocked on Facebook

Unfriending and blocking are 2 different things.
Go to FB FAQ and it will be explained, used to know but it has slipped my mind.
 

Guitarist... I've done my own share of blocking, sometimes you just get tired of seeing the same kind of posts or rant over and over again. Sometimes fb can get childish... just roll with it. A few years ago I got kicked off fb for saying "panties in a wad"... I must have offended someone out there at the time. They let me back in eventually.
 
Odd. Could it have been an error on their part? The thing is you can't be responsible for anyone else's action.
 
i go on now and then just to see family stuff -to be honest i dont like the site at all -it gives out to much from posters'
if it shut tomorrow I wouldnt worry over it ' its hackers glory hole !
 
I've been "online" for 40 years (if you count "local Bulletin Boards" before the Internet came into being.). I likely hold the record for being banned from the most online communities. In 2000 I was banned from all the Poser-related forums in one single day. (Maybe 10 forums?) In my younger years I overwhelmed everyone with posts about my silly life. Then I argued with anyone who didn't like me.

In more recent years, I don't really care much for most online communities. Facebook is a total bore. No one cares about my boring life. But my Dad feels offended if I post anything that might embarrass him or the family.
 
ronk said:
I've been "online" for 40 years (if you count "local Bulletin Boards" before the Internet came into being.). I likely hold the record for being banned from the most online communities. In 2000 I was banned from all the Poser-related forums in one single day. (Maybe 10 forums?) In my younger years I overwhelmed everyone with posts about my silly life. Then I argued with anyone who didn't like me.

In more recent years, I don't really care much for most online communities. Facebook is a total bore. No one cares about my boring life. But my Dad feels offended if I post anything that might embarrass him or the family.
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Sorry, but I don't blame him! I wouldn't like to have my son post embarrassing things about me either!
 
I wouldn't think twice about it. Sometimes someone can block or "unfriend" you, without disliking you.
 
RadishRose & Ken N Tx, sometimes it's better to get all the facts before you respond to a situation. I share my experiences, including my good and bad days. My Dad sees everything I do as reflecting on him. In most cases, he's not even involved in a given situation. I can't even post family pictures because he feels his privacy is invaded.
 
ronk said:
RadishRose & Ken N Tx, sometimes it's better to get all the facts before you respond to a situation. I share my experiences, including my good and bad days. My Dad sees everything I do as reflecting on him. In most cases, he's not even involved in a given situation. I can't even post family pictures because he feels his privacy is invaded.
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I understand what you mean Ronk, but maybe sometimes it's better to give all the facts before you post.

Many people do not want their photos posted on the Internet. At any rate, good luck with your dad; hope you'll be getting along better.
 
win231 said:
I wouldn't think twice about it. Sometimes someone can block or "unfriend" you, without disliking you.
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This.

When my son was actively using, I blocked him on facebook, and blocked his calls, on and off, randomly, depending on how deeply he was into his addiction. Emotionally, I just couldn't bear to talk to him or see his crazed posts or texts. It hurt my heart so, so much. It didn't mean I disliked him. Far from it...I love him deeply and with my whole being, as I do all my children, but seeing him like that? I simply could not deal with it.

There are many reasons people are blocked, and not all of them have to do with dislike or disgust. In some cases, as with me, it was simply self-preservation.
 
I sometimes think our communication difficulties are due to my Dad's age. He's 91. I think sometimes he feels a bit overwhelmed by his health and life in general. We clash sometimes. Dad doesn't express his emotions in person. But I got a good insight one day after we had an "email argument." Dad said he's saved every email, postal letter, etc that I've ever sent him. He does the same for all his children. He values mine the most. We do what we can. If we get a bit tense, we often just step back and catch our breathes.
 
I haven't used FB, because I thought it was nothing more than a thinly veiled way to collect data to sell to anybody with a $1. Bah Humbug. So I'm not up on FB speak. But "unfriending" and blocking sounds so junior high.
 
Facebook is venonm to responsible social media as evidenced by the mass murders broadcast on FB and till available or viewing. Hopefully the govt. will snuff it out for good.
 

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