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Ignore and Block

Ignore hides a member from you. Block also stops the two of you from interacting with each other. Both are on the member's profile, next to "Follow". "You" is the member using the feature; "they" is the member you ignore or block.

	Ignore	Block
What it does	Hides their content from you. They can still do everything they could before.	Stops the two of you from interacting with each other, and hides each other's content.
Their posts, threads, profile posts, feedback and conversation messages, seen by you	Hidden from you. A "Show hidden content" link lets you reveal them.	Hidden from you, with the same link to reveal them.
Your posts, threads, profile posts, feedback and conversation messages, seen by them	They see them as normal.	They do not appear in their feeds, sidebar widgets, What's new, Latest activity or thread lists. They can still open them by direct link, from your profile, or through search.
Alerts, emails and browser notifications about what they do	You receive none.	You receive none.
Alerts, emails and browser notifications about what you do	They receive them as normal.	They receive none.
They reply in your threads	They can. Their replies are hidden from you.	They can. Their replies are hidden from you.
You reply in their threads	You can.	You can.
They quote you or @-mention you	They can. You get no alert, and quotes made with the Quote button are hidden for you.	They cannot. Quotes made before the block stay, hidden for both of you.
You quote or @-mention them	You can.	You cannot.
They start a conversation with you, or invite you to one	They can. If everyone else in it is also on your ignore list, it goes to your Muted folder; otherwise it arrives normally with their messages hidden.	They cannot. They see a message saying you have blocked them.
You start a conversation with them, or invite them to one	You can.	You cannot.
A conversation you already share	Their replies never mark it unread, email you or notify you. You can reply as normal.	If it is just the two of you: it stays where it is and neither of you can reply to it. If others are in it: both of you can keep replying to the group, each of you sees the other's messages hidden, and neither of you is notified about the other's messages.
They react to, vote on, or quick-reply to your content	They can. You get no alert, and their name is hidden in the lists.	They cannot. Reactions, votes and quick replies made before the block stay.
You react to, vote on, or quick-reply to their content	You can.	You cannot.
They vote in polls on your threads	They can.	They can.
You vote in polls on their threads	You can.	You can.
They post on your profile, or comment on your profile posts	They can. It is hidden from you.	They cannot. Anything posted before the block stays.
You post on their profile, or comment on their profile posts	You can.	You cannot.
They follow you	They can. You get no alert.	They cannot. If they already followed you, the follow is removed.
You follow them	You can.	You cannot. If you already followed them, the follow is removed.
They leave you trade feedback, or reply to yours	They can.	They can.
You leave them trade feedback, or reply to theirs	You can.	You can.
They view your profile	Nothing changes. They can view it whenever your privacy setting allows it.	Nothing changes. They can view it whenever your privacy setting allows it.
You view their profile	Nothing changes, except a notice at the top reminding you that you are ignoring this member.	Nothing changes, except a notice at the top reminding you that you have blocked this member.
They bookmark, share, watch or report your content	They can.	They can.
You bookmark, share, watch or report their content	You can.	You can.
Can they tell	No. Nothing they see changes.	Not until they try something the block prevents; then they see a message saying you have blocked them.
Staff accounts	You can add a staff member to your list, but nothing is hidden while they are staff.	You can add a staff member to your list, but nothing is enforced while they are staff.
How many members you can list	Up to 1000.	Up to 1000.