How do we BLOCK a blogger?

started by R-Sharma 5 mnths ago

I have got to block the blogger by the end of this day! This blogger is a good person
(I've heard)......let me clear that first!
Secondly and most importantly, HE IS NOT MY FRIEND!!!!! His name does not show up on my "Friends" list!

But he posts news items at the rate of 4 links in 5 minutes, leaving a minute in between for nibbling on some kind of nourishment, which keeps him going for several hours at a stretch!! I sincerely would like to know what he eats, but let's forget that for now.

His posts have literally been choking this section in my Dashboard view -  Your Friend's and Network Newsfeeds.
Because of this, I cannot see what latest activities my own friends have been indulging in. Today for example, my friend UshaSuryamani has posted a blog about birds. Now, I know there are some experts on birds (married couples included), but I too would love to read and enhance my own bird brain.
But, I had to crawl through 3 whole pages of this guy's newsfeeds ranging from South Africa to sinus problems to find Usha's blog cowering and hiding in a corner!!! Now, I do have a cold, but his newsfeeds do not give me any relief. Ushasuryamani's blog, on the other hand, may help clear my sinuses with a good guffaw!
So, my fellow bloggers, I come to you on my knees, begging for someone...anyone to let me in on this well guarded secret!
Why doesn't Sulekha have a BLOCK button?
If they have one, why is it hidden?
Why not provide an FAQ with answers to such mundane questions?
Come on, tell me......How do I block this 'non-friend' friend?
Thanks in advance!!!
Since I am in the Coffeehouse......can someone pass a capuccino latte without the froth, thank you!

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  Ether posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Hi Ranjini
It is awful to find uninteresting clutter that makes one search for LONG TO FIND THE WORTHWHILE. As it is we are so hard pressed with time this fds and nsfds can unerve...
Anyway cheers till someone finds a solution!

  Job less fella posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
ok can you list out the steps involved in doing this??
i mean we still have not a clear picture..plzz take the efforts

thanks
JBF
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Hi JBF,

I just sent a note to Sulekha and they took care of blocking this person. They removed him from my network. He was supposedly in my network from the previous version of Sulekha or he was somehow linked to me. Anyway, if you have such a problem, please send a note to Sulekha Team and they will be able to help. They did it for me today morning.
Hope this helps!
  Job less fella posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
that is not helpful.I mean a poster should be able to block,unblock other posters on his own,why they hell he needs to involve sulekha team..oh yeaah...doing so will beat the purpose won't it.



  jatin-phoenix posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
i dont get it. 
why is he featuring in your newsfeeds when hes not your friend .
may be u'd have changed his alert settings after visiting his profile.
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Hi Jatin,

I got a note from Sulekha and the problem has been resolved. He was somehow related, but I could not delete him, that's for sure! 
Thanks!


  shakenbut!stirred posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Try Isabgul..
HTH
  Job less fella posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
how about havaban harda :))
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
One more!! Have to Google this one!
Thanks
  Job less fella posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago

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  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Hi Shaken,

Just Googled isabgul!! Never knew such a thing existed!  Ha ha, that's funny! Well, I guess Usha was just have fun with pun. Blocking is good in this case
Thanks for that new word. Have to remember this one!
  shakenbut!stirred posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Yehi toe Maar kha gaya hindusthan...
The key my dear is not to simbly remember
but to practise and put to good use..
And everytime you find yourself with the writer's block
Use Isabgul to make sure your Pen is flowing freely and how
Par nawt to over use or else you get VD (Verbal Diarrohea)
And your blogs will start to sound seedy...
Jai Mata Di



  ushasuryamani posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Thank you for all those compliments  Ranji. ( OOF! First time I've been lauded for clearing sinuses !!!  Thank God for sticking to the upper part of anatomy!!). YOU CAN"T  BLOCK...unless he  / she posts a comment on your post ! And so.......send an S O S to our dear Sulekha  Team. I'm sure they'll pull you out  of this predicament. . I am still to log into that site ! Thank God this came up. I'll stay away from it. Yes buddy ! I won't touch it with a Ten Feet dirty Pole !! Nice of you say...he's a good person. You are magnanimous!! Any way Good Luck..I shall pray for you...ehem.the least I can do for you.Thumbs up !
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Ha haa! Usha,
Thank God for sticking to the upper part of anatomy!

That's funny! Believe me, the upper blocks are harder to clear than the.........you-know-what!
Yes, the problem has been solved. I tried wooing him to my blogs once or twice to try that trick of blocking him, but the blogger does not read me at all! 
Anyways, all well that ends well!   First time I tried posting a forum quetsion. This was kinda fun!
  ushasuryamani posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Ranji'''Nice to see the Problem has been solved. Team Sulekha is great ! Bless you
Love
your's truly

The Inhaler . ( You, imp..you've reduced me to this level !! Ha ! hA ! )



  socrates posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Hi there

there was a time not very long ago when I used to y come to sulekha and simply write what came to my mind. My good friends at sulekha almost always made it a point to read and leave their thoughts and that was it !!! On to the next blog. But now life at Sulekha is getting increasingly complicated, what with news feeds and change in formats and God knows what. There is just too much of information floating around which i think is counterproductive. For something to be popular you need it to be simple and intuitive. My personal opinion; Sulekha seems to have lost its way. Are you wondering what this has to do with blocking a blogger? I dunno, its just that till two years back somehow these issues never really were that big. But now as I note from the forum it apparently is huuuuge !!!!


have a nice day
socrates
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Hello Socrates,

Your comment defines all the issues in just one paragraph!  You are right about information glut and just a flood of categories. I appreciate the new design changes on Sulekha and actually observed the home page change twice yesterday just before my eyes. But members posting news is not exactly an intellectual venture and they just pump links like there is no tomorrow!

Just wantd to let you know that the problem has been solved by Sulekha Team. I thank them for that!
Thanks for your honest opinion.


  jatin-phoenix posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
dude, simply delete him from ur list.  you wont get notified of his posts.
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Hi Jatin,

He was not on my list, that was the problem!!!! Otherwise I would have removed him like a thorn on my finger!!!    I am a dudee, btw
Thanks for the tip!
  Seva posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago

dudee, btw 

>>> it may be didi not dudee.

 

  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Hi Sewa,

Didi!!! That's Hindi. Dudee is American slang I think. I just made it up!
  Seva posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago

Hi Ranjini - happy April first.

Btw, dudee may not have a nice meaning in some lingo.

  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Really!!! Ooooops!
Don't tell me the meaning, but I shall remember that one!!

Seva, belated April First to you too, unless you are in the West somewhere!






  M.V. Balaji posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
II think Sulekha has a "block this user" provision. Go for it. Remember a hyperactive blogger 's mind is a devil's workshop!   
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 4 mnths ago
Hi Balaji,

"hyperactive blogger 's mind is a devil's workshop!"
That is funny and so very very true
I have to say that SUlekha just sent me a note saying that the problem blogger has been removed from my "network". I will have to keep an eye and confirm.
Thanks for the tip and the memorable quote!
Ranjini


  mf02 posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blocker? on 5 mnths ago
I would like to block a blocker for blocking me.
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blocker? on 5 mnths ago
Hi mf02,
That's very natural. In my case, it would make me VERY happy!


  jaijui posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago

hi

you want to block him simply because he posts too much   ?

is that a crtieria ?   :P

  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
Hi Jaijui,

That's not a criteria. It's an emergency
His posts are drowning my personal member alerts and I cannot throw a floatation device fast enough! I am not able to view posts from friends and that's why I need to stop him
  Propagandhi12 posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
"floatation device" heh. you got two
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
Hi Prop,

I have none as of now! Just ran out of them!


  RS-K posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
you ever made the mistake of calling him your favorite blogger?
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
Hi Rs-K,

That's what my friends tell me. I may have networked with him because my friend's friend had a direct network with him in the previous avatar of Sulekha. He is a lone dinosaur left over from back then!!!!!He was never my favorite because I do not read him at all. Nothing against him; we are just not on the same bandwidth, that's all!




  ShobanaSundar posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
Unless you are networked with him Ranj you won't get his newsfeed. If you are networked you can now take him off your list. There is a delete button in the new avatar but I'm not sure it is fully functional. Meanwhile go search for myblog too which must hae been drowned in the sinus remedies. Want some tea??
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
Hi Shobs,

He is not on my friends list and I think he is networked in some mysterious way. I had sent a note to Team Sulekha a long time ago, but never heard from them. So, I decided to come to you guys for a trick way to block him! 
I saw your blog cowering right next to Usha's and I have it open now.
Thanks again, Shobs for that lovely tea! MMmmm, and you added ginger too! How very thoughful!
  RS-K posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
very few bloggers on the forum.
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
Hello RS-K,

Aha! That is a great tip already!  So, I need to post this as a blog!
But all my blogger friends do see my post showing up as is evident from the two blogger ladies who have replied. So, let me see if I can get some more replies.
Thanks for letting me know! It helps!




  Melody Queen posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
Ranjini
I have sent u a note.
  R-Sharma posted Re:How do we BLOCK a blogger? on 5 mnths ago
Thanks Melody for the note. I replied back



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