What happens when an account blocks you on Gab
Last updated: Apr 4, 2022 9:41 PM
Blocking is a tool that helps accounts restrict other accounts from interacting with them, viewing their profiles and following them. There is no page that contains a list of all of the accounts that block you. The only way to know if an account blocks you will be by visiting their profile. If you visit another account's profile and they block you, you will see a message in their timeline that the page is "Unavailable". You also won't be able to follow or request to follow that person. On their profile, you will still be able to view their description/bio, profile photo, cover image, name and username. You are also able to report them by clicking on the three dot "•••" menu and selecting "Report" if you feel as though they may be in violation of Gab's Terms of Service.
If you were following that account before they had blocked you, you will have automatically unfollowed their account when they performed the block action against you. If that account eventually unblocks you, you will need to re-follow or re-request to follow that account again.
Understanding where content is hidden or removed when you are being blocked by an account:
• Statuses:
- If you visit another account's profile and they block you then you will not be able to view their statuses.
- If you repost or quote repost a status from an account and you are not blocked by them at the time and then they block you at a later date then you will see a message about the status being "unavailable". The functionality exists where you will be able to un-repost or delete your quote post of the status if you wish to.
- If you visit an individual status page where the account has you blocked, you will still be able to view the thread but the original status and all comments made by the account that blocks you will be hidden being a message saying that they are "unavailable".
- If you receive a notification from an account that blocks you then you will receive it.
- If none of the prior circumstances apply, then you will not see a status from an account that has you blocked.
• Comments
- Posting:
- You are able to post a comment underneath another comment where the original poster has you blocked as long as there are other comments in the thread.
- Viewing:
- If you visit an individual status page to view comments and a comment in the thread is from an account that you are blocked by then you will be presented with a message about how the content is currently unavailable due to a block. Thus, the integrity of the conversation is maintained and you will still be able to expand and/or view comments underneath a thread where the original poster blocks you.
• Chat messages:
- If you are in a chat message conversation with an account that has you blocked then you will not be able to view any of their messages. You will see that they sent messages but the messages will be hidden behind a block that says "unavailable".
If you were following that account before they had blocked you, you will have automatically unfollowed their account when they performed the block action against you. If that account eventually unblocks you, you will need to re-follow or re-request to follow that account again.
Understanding where content is hidden or removed when you are being blocked by an account:
• Statuses:
- If you visit another account's profile and they block you then you will not be able to view their statuses.
- If you repost or quote repost a status from an account and you are not blocked by them at the time and then they block you at a later date then you will see a message about the status being "unavailable". The functionality exists where you will be able to un-repost or delete your quote post of the status if you wish to.
- If you visit an individual status page where the account has you blocked, you will still be able to view the thread but the original status and all comments made by the account that blocks you will be hidden being a message saying that they are "unavailable".
- If you receive a notification from an account that blocks you then you will receive it.
- If none of the prior circumstances apply, then you will not see a status from an account that has you blocked.
• Comments
- Posting:
- You are able to post a comment underneath another comment where the original poster has you blocked as long as there are other comments in the thread.
- Viewing:
- If you visit an individual status page to view comments and a comment in the thread is from an account that you are blocked by then you will be presented with a message about how the content is currently unavailable due to a block. Thus, the integrity of the conversation is maintained and you will still be able to expand and/or view comments underneath a thread where the original poster blocks you.
• Chat messages:
- If you are in a chat message conversation with an account that has you blocked then you will not be able to view any of their messages. You will see that they sent messages but the messages will be hidden behind a block that says "unavailable".
