Blocking a member really doesn't block the member

One of the selling points for users is that they can block members from their pages/content.  Anyone that has ever used a social network in earnest for any real length of time will know that it is essential at times to block another member.  People on virtual social groups tend to not be as restricted as in real life and this has been document in studies.  Cyberbullying is a real issue.  Thus the need for a block button.

However, test users have pointed out to me that the block button does not seem to be working.  I have a couple of dummy test users so I had one to block the other and yes, it appeared the block button did nothing.  I did discovered that it blocked the member from sending an email.  What this means is the blocked member can continue to visit the profile page and blog posts, and photo albums, etc and leave nasty comments; at this point I will head off those who will say that the user can make content friends only, one may want all members to be able to view content while blocking those who are abusive.

I have not looked at the 7.1 block feature but I am guessing it will be the same.  This is a worrying aspect of Dolphin that will need to be corrected somehow and at the moment I don't have the resources to handle it.  I have seen one mod that will add blocking to the profile page but it needs to be added to other pages, like the blog post view so the blocked member can not access any content of the person that blocked them.  That is how blocking is used on all the social networks I have every joined and for this to not be in Dolphin is a BIG oversight.  I may have to abandon Dolphin because of this unless I can fix it inexpensively.

@#$%Q@#% I just made a reply and the @#$%5 site logged me out and lost it.

unfortunately this isn't going to be a detailed response this time.

I don't know if 7.1 has fixed this but I agree. blocked means BLOCKED from all contact that the user has.

I'm going to rant a bit on related topics I"m sure you're coming across too.

IMO... Andrew ahas a LONG way to go now to make the management/moderation of dolphin sites somewhat useful and intuitive.  I don't recall him ever responding to any of these types of complaints so I have my doubts that much is being improved. There are many inconsistances that need to be rectifed.

The report function is useless. It just send an email with no context as to what the user was reporting.

Banned user's still get newsletter/mass mail.

Anyway, this along with the other security/access loopholes, is making my site more and more unmanageable with now 30k+ users...

I have not seen any indication that the backend/management/moderations aspects of dolphin are being improved aside from the re-organizing of setting and making them look pretty, which IMO is not necessary to make them look nice.

I don't know if this just can't be fixed in 7.x but if I'm still around when 8 hits and there no improvements, I'm moving on... if I last even that long.

I am beginning to wonder if I dismissed Oxwall a bit too quickly; and I purchased a Dolphin licence as well.

I can not see someone operating a dating site using Dolphin without a proper block system in place.

 I tried oxwall last year, talking about a spam hole!

Geek Girl, I know this is not the total solution but on your profile page, or "dummy" account profile page, there is a golden key  on each block for privacy.

As a work around experiment with that if you have not.

I can confirm the blocking has no effect what so ever on accounts. Never looked at this before.

Well... look who stepped up to the plate:

http://www.boonex.com/m/cross-member-blocks

AntonLV of course, another one of the top developers here in the Market!

Wow, just one hour ago... hmm

Shouldn't there be one made for this, blocking other members and guest from viewing any members wall?

http://www.boonex.com/forums/?action=goto&my_threads=1#topic/Guest-are-able-to-delete-Wall-posting-on-7-0-9-and-7-1.htm

works great!

Thank you so much for creating a fix and it is very gracious of you to give it away.  It is truly appreciated.

Is there a way to make it so you cannot see if the person who has blocked you is there.  I have blocked a fake account, but I can still see that person and if they are in fact online.  Also, the "blocked" is able to chat with them in the chat area.  The true meaning of being blocked is so that person cannot have any contact with you at all and yes this is needed in any social networking site.  It needs to go across the board.

Any help would be appreciated and the previous help... loved it so thank you!

 If you mean the a/v chat, you can only block whispers and private messages, not in the channel itself.

You need a way to unblock someone; you may block by accident; for now I think that is by visiting the profile of the person you block.  Of course if they block you back, then you won't be able to go to their page.  For the sites I have been on, if you block someone and they don't block you back, then you can visit their page.  Blocks are a one way thing.

Also, when you go on a public forum, such as an open chat room, of course the block is not going to work, it is an open forum.  If the person is abusive to you in an open forum, then the moderator of the forum will deal with them.

Videos and sounds?  How hard would it be for me to add this to those modules as well?  Would it be along the lines of how it was done for the Photo module?

 you can view your blocks in the http://www.example.ca/communicator.php pages. You just need to view the list , hover over an avatar and wait for the hover menu, then choose unblock.

 Thanks

 I thought the same thing... but would you believe last week I figured out the "block" feature on match.com does basically nothing either. If you block someone on there they can still see everything and they can even send you mail and winks but they just go into a black hole and you ever get them. The person you blocked doesn't have any way of knowing they didn't go through though. 

Weird huh? Having said that I was thinking about it and I guess they want all their members to be visible to people who aren't signed in.. to make them want to sign up and pay money to contact them. So if you have everything visible to non-members the blocks are pointless. At any rate I don't agree with it, too many loons in cyberspace to not have a REAL blocking system.