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Ban/Block Account From Following You

A topic by Coda created Apr 11, 2021 Views: 1,376 Replies: 3
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I've yet to need this myself but as far as I've heard from peers who upload to Itch, they can't find a user option for blocking or banning an account from following their own, only from leaving a comment on a page (or hiding those comments from themselves—whichever is the actual mechanic).


Please correct me if I'm wrong on the existence of this feature. But the option to do so I think would put some folks at ease, knowing either that their content is hidden/inaccessible to harassing accounts, minimizing the amount of individual page moderation a creator has to do against a harassing account, and worry none for a notification that a creator has been followed and re-followed by a harassing account.


I would really appreciate an administrator's input on this feature's functionality and implementation—again if it turns out it doesn't exist. If it does, anyone please share how to do so! It's very much appreciated.

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As a creator and player here, I second that. You're right about how it works: you can ban people from commenting on a project you own, or posting in its community, depending on what's enabled, but that's all for now. Proper blocking like you describe would be welcome.

Ah, nice. Thanks for the verification and your perspective! Sorry I couldn't say so sooner. This went from a question to an idea, and I hope soon a new feature!

Unsure if your privileges or knowledge extends to this as a moderator here (maybe you do slick backend web development elsewhere), but do you figure implementing these features would not be difficult? Or is that a question better answered by Leafo or whomever has intimate info on this site's infrastructure? I get that this question could be loaded.

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Indeed, you'll have to ask an admin, because it depends on how the site is made.

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