How to Block Someone on Facebook?
By getbrowser
@getbrowser (1708)
China
October 25, 2009 2:54am CST
So, as a member of Facebook, you may have someone whom you don't care much to keep in contact with. You do not wish to add that person as a Facebook friend, but things may turn out ugly if you keep rejecting his or her Facebook request.
Facebook is an amazing social network website for keeping in touch with family, old friends and making mew friends, but it seems that it doesn't offer useful tools help us keep unwanted people out.
How do you prevent that person from finding your Facebook account in the first place and requesting to be your friend? How to block someone on Facebook?
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8 responses
@Zhizho (1350)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 09
Hi.Honestly,I was really becareful to add or aprove some friends who add me.Because I have person who I would like not to contact with them.But,as you said FB is amazing social network website.So,someone who I would like to forget have find me and sent message.So,no other way except I must block his FB.There is option in FB under the profile.And we could give reason that we would not like to contact with someone.
@ayenacsi (910)
• Philippines
25 Oct 09
One thing you can also do is to make yourself not appear in the search function of facebook. There are a lot of ways to make your profile and your activities on facebook private. I just got a message from a facebook friend about the recent changes facebook has made on the wall posts, making almost all your activities to appear on your friend's feed and told me ways to make it not appear in the privacy settings tab. Even when you add friends, it may appear on your fb friends' wall so it can be quite tedious and repetitive and may make someone miss important wall posts from close family and friends so it is good to know how to work about it.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
25 Oct 09
I'm sorry I can't enlighten you. I'm not a member of Facebook but I get invitations all the time--from total strangers! Facebook is everywhere and doesn't seem to understand that I want nothing to do with it thus far. I don't really see any advantages to it. I hope you find the answer to your question.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
25 Oct 09
Just report this person or person to Facebook! They will then block that person from trying to become a friend or get rid of this friend from your Facebook list. I did this to a few people who requested my friendship on Facebook! When you report them FAcebook will ask you why you want to report them. You tell Facebook why and that does the trick! It worked for me!
@nagikka (407)
• Italy
25 Oct 09
you can black people by going through the privacy settings and typing name and surname of the person you don't want to get in touch with.
there were many of my schoolmates that I was happy not to see anymore when I was done with school and I surely don't wanna meet them again thanks to Facebook lol I blocked most of the people I used to know in school, except for a couple of people whom I think is worth still being in touch with.
@Capsicum (1444)
• United States
25 Oct 09
In your privacy settings you can block people.People blocked see nothing of you even being on any mutual friends wall.This also means you won't find them either,so if they don't know don't tell them you are even registeredOr even that you stopped using Face Book as a member.They won't even wonder all ugly parts cut out easy. It is amazing how many people you never dream of seeing are on FB.
@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Oct 09
I am sure there is some way of blocking people on Facebook since there is on most sites. And I have enough of a odd username that only those that know me would be able to figure it out. I don't freak when someone tracks me someplace or anything any way. I can delete them, block them or ignore them. They don't know where I live and i can change or rework things online to clean up any mess they make for me. I am not worried or intimidated by much online. The computer not working is another matter.