Blocked on Messenger

[BadgerStripes]

If someone blocks you on messenger but still leaves you as a friend on FB, do you think they may get back in touch in the future, are they leaving the channels of communication open, or have they just forgotten to unfriend you completely? Opinions appreciated.

Probably forgot that it doesn't block them on Facebook too.

I’d assume they don’t want you to contact them anymore but aren’t especially fussed about or on top of their FB friends list.

If they’ve blocked you they’re sending a pretty clear message that they don’t want to hear from you again. Don’t waste time ruminating on how you can speak to them again or what everything “means”, it’s unlikely to be anything deeper than that.

I'd assume they had either forgotten or didn't understand how it works. Why have you been blocked?

Probably forgotten or don't really care you're their fb friend.

Sorry but on the back of this...if you can still see when someone was last active on messenger have they blocked you or not?

@donesomethingterrible

Sorry but on the back of this...if you can still see when someone was last active on messenger have they blocked you or not?

If you try to message someone who's blocked you it will say "this person is not available on messenger"

@Peanut82 thanks...would it say this if I typed the message but didn't actually send it?
I don't want to message him but really need to know if he has blocked me.

@donesomethingterrible if you were blocked it wouldn't give you the option to type a message. If you can type a message and see their active status then you're not blocked

@Peanut82 thank you!

@BadgerStripes I would say they are wanting to keep an open channel and want to keep an eye on what's happening in your life. Depending on the situation obviously but I think if someone took the time to block on messenger they'd make sure to unfriend on FB.

Thanks @donesomethingterrible.

I’m pretty sure I’m blocked. When I send my friend a msg, it shows as a grey outer circle surrounding a white centre with a grey tick. I don’t know if that means blocked? I can still send messages and there is no ‘unavailable’ message but I think that’s because we are still fb friends. Any advice appreciated on the workings of messenger. I can’t see a green dot for to see if they’re online.

Who is this person, and why are you so invested in whether they’re leaving channels of communication open? And if you suspect they are, do you really want someone in your life who plays juvenile games like blocking you on one platform but tries to breadcrumb you and make you wonder “what it all means” by keeping you on another?

I'm pretty sure if you're blocked on messenger it won't let you send them a message at all, showing something like 'you cannot reply to this message'

You wouldn’t even be able to send a message if you were blocked. They might not be in Wi-Fi range or they just haven’t opened the messenger application to download the message. Sounds like you have more things to worry about with this person than if they have blocked you.

If someone blocked me I would move on? They either don’t want to speak to you (most likely) or are playing games with you. Give it up and forget about them!

Hi op, you haven’t been blocked. If you été it would say at the bottom of the messages they you cannot contact the person. It’s very likely they you were restricted though, which shows on your side that the message has not been delivered yet, and on their side is coming up in their message requests. You won’t see they read the message unless they accept it, but can read it without you knowing they have. Another possibility, their messanger is not working properly. A few friends complained of not getting the messages till a lot later. If they restricted you, you would not be able to see their stories on messenger either, so check if you can.

No not blocked but likely gone to their archived messages, which you can chose to do on messenger. I did that to some one who was keeping on, but not rude. Did not want to cause offence, it did stop him messaging me though. I can see what he wrote but he could not tell if I'd seen it.

Why do you care? Are you hoping they will contact you again?

Have a look at your standards: if someone blocks you on any platform, keep away from them in future. Even if you've done something awful to them, it's still a horrible, passive aggressive way to deal with the issue, and childishly dramatic. Just leave them to their tantrum.

Maybe they’ve turned their active status off, I did, I don’t need anyone knowing whether my device is being used or not.

I've done this your not blocked but the message will go into another folder which they won't see unless the actually go into it I done this with a friend I wanted to slowly cut contact with rather than block them.

Thank you for all the advice and info, much appreciated.