I'm not going to shout out to this user, as I strive for positivity on the SW platform, as you can tell by my account.
However, I have a question about a person who has blocked me. I'm not sure why they blocked my account. Was it because of my content? Did it offend them or was it something else?
Am I overthinking this, or does anyone else wonder why people block them?
There is no way to know. In my experience when someone blocks you for unknown reasons, they are doing you a favor. One person blocked me because they believed my response on a post, while it was nice, was not nice ENOUGH in their judgement.
Do not try to figure out why. That way lies madness.
You are probably overthinking it. There are trolls on here who have multiple accounts and whose major joy in life, seemingly, is to annoy others. So if someone goes out of their way to annoy you, assume it's a troll and move on.
You're definitely overthinking this. People block for all kinds of reasons. None of us can answer what it was in the case, but people who don't want to interact with you weren't worth your attention in the first place.
There's nothing negative ir sexual in my profile either but I've been blocked by people I've never even heard of 🤷♀ I just say well alrighty then & skip on down the road whistling!
@Musicman I used to go shooting out in the Las Vegas outskirts, those fake realistic poker chips glued to the middle of round clay skeet and trap pigeons were my preferred targets.
I would never take being blocked personally. Remember, this is an anonymous site. Nobody has any control over who is really who and what is said. What we do have is control over our own behavior and actions. So if my side of the street is clean and someone blocks me, “oh well”, and move on. You may never know the real reason.
Over thinking it. Maybe they don't like your content, maybe they know you'll be offended by theirs. Or they could have adult filters on which automatically block
In my case, I am pretty sure I have realized why people have blocked me.
But it might very well be that the person blocked you for reasons that had nothing at all to do with your interactions with that person. Sometimes, we get blocked on the basis of opinions that we express in our posts, in our comments, or in our profile, even if those opinions were not directed specifically at the blocker.
For example, someone might not want to see posts by anyone with certain political or religious views. It might not be personal at all.
Sweeps block for a lot of reasons. Political is probably common, as well as differences in belief systems. Others have certain triggers only they are privy. To note, catfish will block someone indiscriminately if they even suspect someone is on to them.
IMO, striving for positivity means moving on from the negativity of someone blocking you and not harping on it and magnifying it in a post.
The only person who can explain it is the one who blocked you, but you can’t contact them, so just let it go.
It would not occur to me to try to discuss such a thing on a post, but I guess that’s just me. 🤷♂️
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I’ve currently got no one blocked. Though I occasionally do if people annoy me. I unblock after a few days:
But I know a few block me. Usually Fundamentalist evangelicals. I don’t mind ,if that helps them on their path to God. An alcoholic , and two or three who did not like me looking at their posts. Feel free to look at mine.
It's best to develop a thick skin. We comment on posts here on SW constantly, and interact with hundreds of people, and we will not like everyone we meet, and some people might not like US either.
@BringTheLove 🤔to be fair some do not need much reason too use the block button personally i would bother wondering the why it is there loss just move on
