Have blocking a user also ban them from your chat
Currently, blocked users can still send messages to you in your channel's chat. This is confusing for newer users since it requires 2 actions to actually block someone from interacting with you.
It is also a very strange use case to have "blocking" a user be an "only harass me in public" action- I do understand the use case for the inverse not being true (being banned from a channel should not block them) but since blocking already removes them from your followers and removes whisper access, not removing channel chat access seems illogical.
blueish4
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jamesanderson0345
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Blocking a user does not always mean they are permanently banned from your chat. In most platforms, blocking simply prevents that specific user from sending messages or interacting with you directly, while banning is a separate administrative action that removes a user’s access to the chat entirely. Blocking is usually a personal control feature here https://glutapro.com/, whereas banning is enforced by moderators or system admins to maintain community rules and safety.
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NightmareJoker2
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I am against this.
In fact, a precise granular approach to what interactions a user is blocked from should be used instead.
Currently there is Ban which prevents you from chatting and hides the chat (with the option to hide the broadcast), and stops you from making clips of the channel, following if you aren't already (this is new), using bits, subscribing to the channel and gifting subscriptions to anyone in that channel.
There is also Block/Ignore which prevents someone from whispering (direct message) you, makes them unfollow your channel, if they were following, prevents them from following your channel, prevents them from gifting a subscription to you (in another channel), prevents them from subscribing to your channel, and hides the blocked users chat messages from your view in all channels in which you don't have moderator privileges (or higher)There is a perfectly valid use case for having it as is. For example, there may be a user whom you are happy to have talk in your channel, but which you don't want to whisper you or talk to while you are enjoying your off-time in some other channel (granted, this is weird, but there are people like this). It is also for this reason, that having block/ignore making someone unfollow is not that great.
Of course, people generally hit the block button too easily without a real understanding of what it does (because they are looking for one function only, but none of the others), and really should have a very good reason before using it, so... maybe not having it entirely might also be a good idea. 🌝