Anyway to check if a person has blocked you from msn?

Just make up another addy like a girls one or something and add them, you will see if they come online. There is block checkers but when I have used them they never work. :eek:
 
skanky said:
^^ lol!

if someone's blocked you, theres a likelyhood that they dont want to speak to you. live with it?
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maybe they've died or just not using their computer much? :eek:
 
MSN has a flag which blocks people who arent on your list from seeing if you are online or sending you messages. If this flag is set (as it is with most people) then these block checkers will not work.
 
FordPrefect said:
MSN has a flag which blocks people who arent on your list from seeing if you are online or sending you messages. If this flag is set (as it is with most people) then these block checkers will not work.
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Then how do you explain this "blockchecker" to report a person to be online, whilst they are offline in my MSN ?
 
Ford is right, its designed to stop people using status checkers, its been that way a while now, unless privacy settings are off, they do not work....

Its called Privacy though, if someone blocks you, its that persons choice, and it shouldnt be able to be traced via a checker and so on.....

I'm with MSN on this one, sorry.
 
I was wondering about this this morning... if your online but "appear offline" and send a message it goes through and the other person gets it when they next sign in or straight on there screen if they are also online but "appear offline" (even though you won't know that unless they reply)
But if you block them don't they get the message that the message you that was just sent couldn't be delivered ?

If you can make sense of that :p
 
Kinda retarded that you can't see that you are blocked. Otherwise you could still be talking to them / waiting for them, and they could be online.

Its just as bad as those people who never answer their phone to numbers they don't recognise - all fine and well in emo world, but as soon as someone is desperate and uses a payphone to call you, they are screwed.
 
Not answering unrecognised numbers on the phone is a bit different, you don't know who it is until you answer, where as an email address is quite specific to one person usually.

If i choose to block someone without a reason, they have no right to know..... its called Privacy. Should i also not have curtains on my house so people can free see my life status?...... if i choose to draw the curtains its not for other people to ask me to open them again is it?......

If they block you via the contact list, you can still send them emails...... so you're no totally cut out, unless they block your emails to, which i can't see someone doing unless they have a good reason, and in that case, that is their right to Privacy.
 
t31os said:
Not answering unrecognised numbers on the phone is a bit different, you don't know who it is until you answer, where as an email address is quite specific to one person usually.

If i choose to block someone without a reason, they have no right to know..... its called Privacy. Should i also not have curtains on my house so people can free see my life status?...... if i choose to draw the curtains its not for other people to ask me to open them again is it?......

If they block you via the contact list, you can still send them emails...... so you're no totally cut out, unless they block your emails to, which i can't see someone doing unless they have a good reason, and in that case, that is their right to Privacy.
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On the other hand, you don't have a right, for example, to simply "block out" someone from interview, and claim "privacy", if the other person comes back and makes claims about certain bigotry etc etc. So you have to be able to justify your reasons and stand by them. You can't just use privacy to justify itself.

Otherwise it becomes a self-referential quality. The only way that you can block someone in real life is to go through a court procedure for a "restraining" order, and at least then there is a fair hearing, then it is clear to all parties involved the reasons for the restriction. Not, get a restraining order in secret, and not even know you have been prosecuted.

Here, I could tell you on msn "don't talk to X, he is a paedophile" and you simply block him, he has no idea why or what is going on, and I have exploited your over-reaction to shut down communications. Normal social interaction doesn't work like that. Normal people don't work like that - it is a childish response to a problem to simply avoid it.
 
Who i have on my contact list and wether i block them is my choice, i have no obligation to explain if i block anyone, i really don't think blocking someone on MSN is something you could seriously take someone to court over.

The only obligations i have is to abide by the Terms & Conditions set out by MS.
 
t31os said:
Who i have on my contact list and wether i block them is my choice, i have no obligation to explain if i block anyone, i really don't think blocking someone on MSN is something you could seriously take someone to court over.

The only obligations i have is to abide by the Terms & Conditions set out by MS.
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Its nothing to do with the rules, its to do with common courtesy. If I am walking down the street, it is quite possible that I might get bothered by someone selling something, someone begging, someone handing out leaflets, etc etc. Same as on MSN, unsocilited or anti-social behaviour. However, you can politely decline without telling them to go screw themselves. And if they are trying to contact you, and you blank them, and they don't even know, and you don't care, then quite frankly, you have no social skills and need to realise that in life, we are all in it together, and unless you are able to generally empathise with others, without needing to agree 100% with their lifestyle or other things, you will be a sad, lonely person who gets his kicks from blocking people out as opposed to breaking through and getting on with people.

Ironically, it is exactly your attitude that makes british pubs often really crap, you go in alone and expect perhaps to chat to one or two others, but if everyone is already in their little set groups, that isn't being social.

I know an irish guy who, when he came over to england, didn't know anyone, and tried to chat to people in bars etc, but basically because england is such a goddamn unsociable place sometimes, he went for about 6 months before he actually managed to make some friends.

In ireland he could have walked into any bar and had a good chat with a stranger. But, quite frankly, the "english way" seems to be assume someone you don't know = psycho paedophile rapist unless you have a common friend etc etc.
 
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