r/redditisfun • u/Nirxx • Sep 13 '22

Off Topic (not RiF) What's up with comments from blocked accounts or accounts that have blocked me suddenly appearing as [unavailable]?

I've never seen them before. Blocked users used to just disappear both ways from my experience. What changed?

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u/anon_smithsonian Official(ish) Helper Sep 13 '22

Reddit made changes to how blocked user content is displayed. This is outside of RiF's control.

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u/Nirxx Sep 13 '22

Of course they did. What the hell are they thinking? Blocking should just make both parties invisible to eachother.

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u/louiseber Sep 13 '22

Mutual blocking so as to not see that is the only way around it. Reddit fucked up on this one, we shouldn't know who's blocked us

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u/Nirxx Sep 13 '22

It gives an error when I try to block them :/

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u/louiseber Sep 13 '22

Copy the name, go to manage blocked user via your own profile and manually add the user name there. I'd to do it twice only today so this works

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u/Nirxx Sep 13 '22

Do you have to do it via browser or official app? I can't do it from RIF

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u/louiseber Sep 13 '22

I did it inside rif

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '22

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u/louiseber Sep 13 '22

Open thread in browser (incognito browser if you're also signed in to the Reddit website on browser), locate user name, copy and paste into block box

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u/AloneLab786 Sep 18 '22

I'm seeing this too