Managing Who Contacts You On NT
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By: perrie-halpern • last year • 70 comments
Recently, it has come to my attention that members are receiving unwanted messages either through "Chat" or "Private Notes". You can manage who contacts you on both of these.
Private Notes
If you don't want notes from a specific member do this:
- Go to Private Notes
- In the upper right corner you will see a button called "Settings". Click on it. A new screen will appear.
- In the box that says "blocked users" copy the name exactly and paste it into the box. If you have several people you want block, remember to enter them, one per line.
- Click "Save Changes" and you are done.
- To remove a blocked person, just go back to settings > blocked user and remove the name and then remember to click "Saved Changes.
Chat
If you don't want a specific member from contacting you on chat do this:
- First, that member must be showing on chat. You will need to click on their name and bring up a chat with them.
- On the upper right corner of the chat is a gear. Click on it.
- In the dialog box, you will see "Block User" ( it appears twice, so use the first one)
- Click on that, and you are done.
- To unblock a user go to the bottom of "Who's Online and click the gear at the bottom of the box.
- Then click on Manage blocked users.
- In the new dialog box, you will see your blocked users. To unblock them click on Unblock user.
If you have any other questions about these functions please feel free ask.
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I didn't know this was that much of a problem. No one hardly ever talks to me in the PNs.
I am just not very popular I guess...
I like you
there's a limit on the number of people you can block in chat, and I assume in PN too...
There should be no limit on either.
there was/is in chat. I know from trying to block people here that may have dissimilar interests.
Do you remember when we had a glitch ivolving the "friend request?"
Actually, I don't... old age I guess... can you refresh my memory?
ugh, why do you do this to yourself?
Ride The Lightning
I guess I'd want to forget it too.
Vic,
I am not intentionally forgetting. I just don't remember. Too much happens here that I am involved with to remember every event here.
Part of this thread was removed for off topic. Please remain on topic.
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meh, it must not have been very important...
I do too.
This is really for any contact you really don't want.
please disregard all those naked pictures that I sent you, it was an honest mistake...
I can't. They are burnt into my brain.... and keep me up at night, you can figure out in which way.
... oh yeah ...
if any of the women here would like some unwanted contact, please feel free to contact me and specify what topic and to what degree that unwanted message should comprise.
LOL
Dont' we chat enough?
... not really. you know I hang on your every word...
I'm busy tonite....
too bad. we could've got dressed in camo, bought some beer, and driven down the goober turnpike shooting at the deer on the deer crossing signs...
oh wait, that's like a first date in the south...
we need to organize some kind of pool for next time...
"In the dialog box, you will see "Block User" ( it appears twice, so use the first one)" The entire site goes boing-boing-splat if you use the second one and Sandy cuffs you to Vic. Such a dominatrix junkie that gal ...
LOL... not sure what happens when you chose the second one, but your version sounds entertaining!
As with my avatar image, I like taking inexpensive shots. Check that, the hat costs $600 smackeroos.
She's not that mean...is she?
Of course not, however, as with many women, an enigma ... ?
dentists make good money inflicting pain on people at gov't and insurance mandated intervals, and it's all legal. she's probably got some leather or latex stashed at home somewhere...
She is not that mean
Thanks, charger.
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wtf?
I have no problem with PNs, but I never initiate a "chat" and I would prefer to never be the recipient of one. The font is so small I can't read it without using a magnifying glass, and when I type a reply it is the same so I can't see what I've written and I know I make lots of mistakes. If possible, I would like to know how to disable "chat" permanently - if anyone has anything personal to say to me, they can send me a PN, which also gives me time to think about a reply.
I guess nobody knows how to opt out of chat entirely.
Since nobody knows how to opt out of chat, I guess the only answer that might have the same result is to ignore any attempted contact notwithstanding that could be considered insulting. I think there should be a method to block the use of it with a notice provided to those who attempt to contact the person who blocks it to say that chat has been disabled by that person.
The chat function seems to me akin to the office water-cooler talk space except you can easily block individuals from approaching your cooler without a cross check or forearm shiver. Can the mods, or you Perrie, block access to the cooler for repeat offenders, i.e. can the chat feature be disabled for those who use it to spread hate or vulgar content?
The Private Notes area seems to me to be like Hillary's email server. Everything is just fine until Wiki-Leaks gets a hold of it. In this case the recipient/victim of the nasty PN could, and I would argue should be allowed to, be the Wiki-Leak. I think I saw something like that happen here recently. Blocking a user from one's PN area is fine, but typically this happens after the first few offensive messages are already left. I think it is fair that in addition to being blocked by their victims such abusers of the feature should be outed and perhaps have their PN privileges revoked by the site for repeat offenses, if possible.
Unfortunately these sorts of things are patterns for some folks who portray an innocence of sorts in the open forum, but then go all Vlad the Impaler in the chat or PN areas.
Love your analogies!
bump it up.
I aint saying a word , what we have works for me .
That's good to hear!
yeah it works for me , about the only thing i could say or think of is once someone is blocked from seeing their posts , it also blocks the ability to message in any way , but that would be considered streamlining, and the couple extra steps to do the same in messaging isn't difficult .
I have never blocked anyone from any aspect of this site.
you weren't here earlier. incoming...
Oh, I have, makes NT much more pleasant.
please don't block us pat...
Never you dev !
ty/pw
Jesus, if you don't want my supremely drunken self to talk to you then block me.
that condition is the closest to a level playing field your adversaries are ever going to get...
8 and 8.1....you're killing me, lol.
if you're a trumpster moron, please don't contact me.