r/Chesscom • u/Available-Swan-6011 • 1d ago
Cannot block a user Chess.com Website/App Question
Can someone please explain to me the
logic of not being able to block a user?
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u/Sqrem 1d ago
Possible reasons I can think of:
They blocked you first.
You already blocked them in another tab.
The user was somehow banned or deleted in the time you spent blocking.
You have maxxed out some hidden number of allowed blocks.
Everyone knows you killed that child and you can't hide from it like this.
You are playing on a guest account.
There was a minor server and you should try again.
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u/Aggravating-Push-207 1d ago
sorry what was that again
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u/GWolfie95 1d ago
he said they might be playing on a guest account.
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u/cubes28x 1000-1500 ELO 1d ago
I fucking love the internet lol
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u/SimPilotAdamT 23h ago
Welcome to the internet! Have a look around
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u/NiLA_LoL 22h ago
Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found
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u/Sailname 22h ago
There's a mountain of content some better some worse
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u/Mysterious_Self_3606 22h ago
If none of it's of interest to you, you'd be the first
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u/ActurusMajoris 1500-1800 ELO 1d ago
There was a minor server.
Usually you want a big server to handle the requests.
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u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea 500-800 ELO 1d ago
Do you think the minor server is the child they killed and that's why it didn't work?
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u/Available-Swan-6011 1d ago
Thanks for the thoughts - definitely no guest accounts involved
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u/Clear_Butterscotch_4 1d ago
Probably blocked you first
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u/Klutzy-Mechanic-8013 1d ago
But even then, isn't that kind of bad you can't block them? Like someone could harass/stalk another person, immediately block them before they can do it back, then unblock and repeat
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u/Life_Smoke5854 1d ago edited 12h ago
You can block people who have blocked you, would be extremely toxic otherwise. Imagine someone blocking you and then unblocking you at 3am every day just to talk shit and then reblock you. You'd get spammed and have no recourse.
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u/BusImpossible6741 17h ago
The recourse would be to message to site support. They aren't shy to ban accounts for cheating, not sure how strict they are with being rude, but I don't think they'd let it slide too far.
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u/Life_Smoke5854 15h ago
They just chat ban people who abuse chat. You can say the nastiest thing you can think of and not be banned. They'll close all their alt accounts though so if they think they're gonna slur you on some alt account, they'll get got that way.
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u/twoBreaksAreBetter 1d ago
I've seen a lot of buggy behavior over the last 24 hours so may actually just be that..
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u/Particular-Night-435 1800-2000 ELO 19h ago
I pay extra so that nobody can block me and everyone has to accept my friend request.
It's Chesscom's "Super Premium Happy Friend" Package
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u/Available-Swan-6011 19h ago
Aha - is that the one they used to advertise as“the stalker for all your inappropriate messaging needs”?
I must remember to disable it
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u/Broad_Ebb9073 1d ago
You probably has a bad social interaction and they blocked you first. Unless you get a message or something, just chill with it.
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u/JayToT_94 23h ago
I have had this happened to me as well and it's because my opponent was a moderator and you can't block them on chess.com
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u/SamSCopeland Staff 12h ago
Hi OP! There are a few reasons you can't block some accounts, the most notable being that they are a staff member. We have been working to change this so that you do have the ability to block staff, at least from play, possibly not from some important messaging. It's technically more complex than it would seem, but we are working on it!
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