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FB question
So I've decided that the time has come to clear out my FB friends list a bit. In particular, there's one entire family that I want to get rid of (remember I posted about them a while ago? Mother, daughter...now a second and third daughter...stop friending me, people!).
My evil plan is to delete them, then block them from finding me so as far as they can see, I just don't have an FB page anymore - this is because the mother of the family will notice that I deleted her, and I don't want to have to deal with questions about it, or questions from my mom (who is friends with her).
However, what I'm not sure about is this: if I delete and block them, will they still be able to see it if I comment on a mutual friend's photos or posts? That would sort of spoil my whole, "Oh, I don't have an FB page anymore" ploy lol.
Re: FB question
Hey Lisa! I've done this and as far as I know, your name won't show up. It'll say "Facebook User" instead of your name when you comment on status updates, walls and photos.
One thing I am curious about though is what happens if a mutual friend of someone you blocked uploads a photo and tags you? Does the blocked person see that tag? If so, that kind of defeats the purpose...
Ooooh I hadn't thought of this. Hmm. I may risk it. We only have one mutual friend and I don't think they're likely to post pics of me anytime, as they're in the USA and I'm here...but that's a really good question!
My assumption was once you blocked someone, they could not see you at all, including tags. Notice I said assumption. I'm not sure where I got that information. Make sure you tell your mom that you've refined your FB list of friends... and tell her to say whatever you want..."Oh, dear, she isn't on there anymore? The pirates must have taken her."
Is there anywhere on FB where you can ask questions or make suggestions?
I would really like to block people by name without finding the exact person. For instance, my exH has a common name, like John Smith*. I would be willing to block every John Smith in order to avoid having him see me on FB. However, FB does not have that option. You have to click which John Smith you would like to block. I would go through all of them... but, seriously, there are 100s of them... and, that's not including the Jonathan Smiths.
Dear FB,
Please allow me to block everyone with the name John Smith and Jonathan Smith. If that is not possible, can I block everyone with the last name of Smith?
Thank you,
Ex Mrs. Smith
* not his real name
Newlyweds since 2007
No, she won't be able to see your posts to mutual friend's wall and vice versa. However, if you comment on your mutual friend's wall and your mutual friend replies with "Lisa, blah blah blah", blocked friend won't see YOUR post but would see your mutual friend's reply with reference to you. Does that make sense?
I don't know what happens when you tag people though. I blocked my ex bff and I think she has since blocked me too. She didn't delete or block my DH though so i am not sure whether or not she can see the photos that I have tagged of DH. Let me know if you wanna experiment so we can find out :-P.Alyson & Phil | Planning Bio | Married Bio!
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If you block somebody, they won't be able to see you at all. It won't show that you have mutual friends. The reason why I blocked my ex bff was so that she would stop stalking my profile and know what's going on with my life. She did call me and asked if I blocked her. Honestly, I don't want to be friends with her anymore so for me, good riddance :-).
Oh nothing BAD would happen...but I'm 99.999% positive that the mother would mention it to MY mother, and my mom can be very...ohhh...dramatic. Over stupid things. And sometimes you just don't feel like even going there, you know?
Basically what E said, once you block someone, it's as if you don't exist on FB to them.
I have blocked someone and I don't see her at all and vice versa. I'm pretty sure that if I was tagged on a mutual friends photo, it would be just 'Tina Surname' in text and not as a clickable link.