a feature to block other users from seeing our activity and reviews.
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Nadia
May 21, 2026
What should happen, if anything, if you block a user who is currently taking part in a reading challenge you're hosting?
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sloanjulia17
May 21, 2026
Nadia Similar to other features, they’re removed from the challenge and can’t see it or any of that information at all. I’d want my profile and everything associated with it to be hidden from them even if it impacted their reading experience with challenges
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Nadia
Feb 17, 2026
Current plan
Blocking a user will entail:
Automatic un-following/un-friending
Not being able to find or view one another's profiles
Not seeing one another's reviews on a book's review page
Not seeing updates from them in the 'All Updates' section of the News Feed
Not seeing them suggested anywhere (such as Similar Users or Buddy Read User Suggestions)
Not being able to invite one another to book clubs, readalongs, or buddy reads
Not being able to join a public readalong, or buddy read hosted by the blocker or blocked user
Have we covered everything?
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firefairy214
Feb 17, 2026
Nadia the only thing I can think of aside from everything you mentioned would be if the blocker and the blocked person join the same public read along or buddy read, but I dont know what a solution would be
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Nadia
Feb 18, 2026
firefairy214 We discussed that and figured that for now we'd leave that up to either party being able to leave. As you imply, it's a tricky one as there'd be other people's comments/conversation involved. Thank you!
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cdonegan
Feb 21, 2026
Nadia Maybe their comment could be replaced by something like "a blocked user made this comment" from your own view? So you can both still participate, you just won't see each other's comments
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Nadia
Feb 23, 2026
cdonegan Yes, we considered that. But then we think we might need to allow for revealing those comments in case it's key to a discussion...then it becomes a bigger feature. For now, we've decided to leave as is and use user experience to dictate the best way to handle it but that does sound like the best way.
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cdonegan
Feb 23, 2026
Nadia Makes sense, thanks for replying! :)
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miserableflower
Jun 21, 2026
Nadia perhaps if this is an issue that needs to be settled, it just messages the second person that is trying to join, and lets them know that a blocked individual has already joined the buddy read/book club and reroute them to the search bars for finding a new buddy read/club?
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Nadia
Jun 21, 2026
miserableflower Thank you for the suggestion. Not sure about that one though, again, because it's public, and it could draw attention to a block and also somebody could then use that functionality in a punitive way.
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Nadia
Feb 11, 2026
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kestrellady
May 7, 2025
As part of this, I'd also love to block users so that I don't see their reviews. Sometimes I see a user who has such a completely different philosophy that their reviews are just incredibly unhelpful (and occasionally insulting) and it would be nice to be able to just block the user and not worry about seeing their reviews.
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Nadia
May 8, 2025
kestrellady Yes, once blocked, it'll be like they don't exist to you in the app. That's the plan anyway!
What should happen, if anything, if you block a user who is currently taking part in a reading challenge you're hosting?
Nadia Similar to other features, they’re removed from the challenge and can’t see it or any of that information at all. I’d want my profile and everything associated with it to be hidden from them even if it impacted their reading experience with challenges
Current plan
Blocking a user will entail:
Have we covered everything?
Nadia the only thing I can think of aside from everything you mentioned would be if the blocker and the blocked person join the same public read along or buddy read, but I dont know what a solution would be
firefairy214 We discussed that and figured that for now we'd leave that up to either party being able to leave. As you imply, it's a tricky one as there'd be other people's comments/conversation involved. Thank you!
Nadia Maybe their comment could be replaced by something like "a blocked user made this comment" from your own view? So you can both still participate, you just won't see each other's comments
cdonegan Yes, we considered that. But then we think we might need to allow for revealing those comments in case it's key to a discussion...then it becomes a bigger feature. For now, we've decided to leave as is and use user experience to dictate the best way to handle it but that does sound like the best way.
Nadia Makes sense, thanks for replying! :)
Nadia perhaps if this is an issue that needs to be settled, it just messages the second person that is trying to join, and lets them know that a blocked individual has already joined the buddy read/book club and reroute them to the search bars for finding a new buddy read/club?
miserableflower Thank you for the suggestion. Not sure about that one though, again, because it's public, and it could draw attention to a block and also somebody could then use that functionality in a punitive way.
As part of this, I'd also love to block users so that I don't see their reviews. Sometimes I see a user who has such a completely different philosophy that their reviews are just incredibly unhelpful (and occasionally insulting) and it would be nice to be able to just block the user and not worry about seeing their reviews.
kestrellady Yes, once blocked, it'll be like they don't exist to you in the app. That's the plan anyway!
This will come!
Nadia Much appreciated!