Blocking People

Most of the time, if you no longer wish to hear from people, then removing them from your Circles is a perfectly good option.

Sometimes, unfortunately, you may end up with a person in a Circle who is overly rude, offensive, persistent, or just plain antisocial. It’s never really happened to me on Google+, but these people are out there. And if you are unfortunate enough to come across one, you may decide that blocking that person is the best way forward.

Blocking people does the following things:

+ You no longer see their content in your Stream.

+ They aren’t able to comment on your content.

+ They are removed from your Circles.

+ They are still able to see your public posts.

Blocking people, while not a pleasant task, is ...

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